When did Neanderthals and modern humans diverge?

被引:14
作者
Beerli, P
Edwards, SV
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Dept Genome Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Dept Zool, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
来源
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY | 2002年 / 11卷
关键词
Neanderthal; human; mtDNA control region; HVR; population divergence; gene divergence; Bayes method; substitution rate variation;
D O I
10.1002/evan.10058
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Our analysis of the Neanderthal-modern human gene divergence resulted in gene divergence times in a range of 631-789 KY. This gene divergence time is informative, but the biologically more relevant parameter is the time of population divergence, which necessarily occurs after the observed gene divergence when there is any polymorphism in the ancestral population. Here, we provide an estimate and approximate confidence intervals of the population divergence time of Neanderthals and modern humans, using coalescence theory for single-locus data.
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页码:60 / 63
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