Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
An X-linked haplotype of neandertal origin is present among all non-african populations
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 28, No. 7, Year 2011
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Recent work on the Neandertal genome has raised the possibility of admixture between Neandertals and the expanding population of Homo sapiens who left Africa between 80 and 50 Kya (thousand years ago) to colonize the rest of the world. Here, we provide evidence of a notable presence (9% overall) of a Neandertal-derived X chromosome segment among all contemporary human populations outside Africa. Our analysis of 6,092 X-chromosomes from all inhabited continents supports earlier contentions that a mosaic of lineages of different time depths and different geographic provenance could have contributed to the genetic constitution of modern humans. It indicates a very early admixture between expanding African migrants and Neandertals prior to or very early on the route of the out-of-Africa expansion that led to the successful colonization of the planet. © 2011 The Author.
Authors & Co-Authors
Yotova, Vania
Unknown Affiliation
Lefebvre, Jean Francois
Unknown Affiliation
Moreau, Claudia
Unknown Affiliation
Gbeha, Elias
Unknown Affiliation
Hovhannesyan, Kristine
Unknown Affiliation
Bourgeois, Stéphane
Unknown Affiliation
Bédarida, Sandra
Unknown Affiliation
Azevedo, Luisa
Unknown Affiliation
Amorim, Antonio
Unknown Affiliation
Sarkisian, Tamara
Unknown Affiliation
Avogbe, Patrice Hodonou
Unknown Affiliation
Chabi, Nicodème W.
Unknown Affiliation
Dicko, Mamoudou Hama
Unknown Affiliation
Kou Santa Amouzou, Emile Sabiba
Unknown Affiliation
Sanni, Ambaliou
Unknown Affiliation
Roberts-Thomson, June
Unknown Affiliation
Boettcher, Barry
Unknown Affiliation
Scott, Rodney J.
Unknown Affiliation
Labuda, Damian
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 57
Authors: 19
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/molbev/msr024
ISSN:
07374038
e-ISSN:
15371719
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study