Ancient Population Genomics

Sankar Subramanian

doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0027512

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Ancient Population Genomics

Sankar Subramanian

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John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0027512

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Genetics

Migration

ancient DNA

population genomics

archaic admixture

natural selection

effective population size

domestication

population phylogeny

divergence time

Recent advances in genome sequencing technologies and the rapid decline in the cost of sequencing have enabled researchers to study the genomics of ancient populations. In the past decade, ancient population genomic studies led to a number of important discoveries that revealed the (1) relationship between modern and archaic humans such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, (2) contribution of ancient but anatomically modern humans to the ancestry of populations living today, (3) temporal dynamics of ancient population sizes in response to climate change, (4) role of natural selection in shaping the evolution of phenotypes, (5) origins of animal domestication, (6) divergence times between ancient and modern populations and (7) evolution of human pathogens.

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Title: Ancient Population Genomics
Authors: Sankar Subramanian (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: eLS
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0027512; 10.1002/047001590X
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451351202621
Output Type: Encyclopedia entry

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