This is the blog for GW students taking Human Evolutionary Genetics. This site is for posting interesting tidbits on: the patterns and processes of human genetic variation;human origins and migration; molecular adaptations to environment, lifestyle and disease; ancient and forensic DNA analyses; and genealogical reconstructions.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Some More Info on Haplotypes



By Alan Templeton, this article is mostly theoretical in its discussion about haplotypes, covering coalescent theory, which traces gene recombination in reverse to determine the generation of the haplotype's first appearance, and phylogeography, which connects the haplotype to the geography in which it originated and the evolutionary factors contributing to a gene's high distribution, The read is fairly dense, but may provide additional insight (or confusion!) regarding the Reich et al. 2012 and Chatters et al. 2014 that address the peopling of the Americas.


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