A recent shift from polygyny to monogamy in humans is suggested by the analysis of worldwide Y-chromosome diversity

Molecular genetic data contain information on the history of populations. Evidence of prehistoric demographic expansions has been detected in the mitochondrial diversity of most human populations and in a Y-chromosome STR analysis, but not in a previous study of 11 Y-chromosome SNPs in Europeans. In...

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Main Author: Dupanloup, I (author)
Other Authors: Pereira, L (author), Bertorelle, G (author), Calafell, F (author), Prata, MJ (author), Amorim, A (author), Barbujani, G (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Human populations
Y chromosome
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms
Mismatch distribution
Demographic expansions
Polygyny
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10216/109591
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/109591

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http://hdl.handle.net/10216/109591

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