Empowered by modern genotyping and large samples, population structure can be
accurately described and quantified even when it only explains a fraction of a percent of total …

Highlights•Demographic history and natural selection shaped human genome
diversity.•Infections represented a major environmental selective pressure for human …

To characterize natural selection, various analytical methods for detecting candidate
genomic regions have been developed. We propose to perform genome-wide scans of …

Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies have dramatically revolutionised research
in many fields of genetics. The ability to sequence many individuals from one or multiple …

Real geography is continuous, but standard models in population genetics are based on
discrete, well-mixed populations. As a result, many methods of analyzing genetic data …

Population genetic models only provide coarse representations of real-world ancestry. We
used a pedigree compiled from 4 million parish records and genotype data from 2276 …

Genome sequencing of the 5,300-year-old mummy of the Tyrolean Iceman, found in 1991
on a glacier near the border of Italy and Austria, has yielded new insights into his origin and …

Objectives Crown and root traits, like those in the Arizona State University Dental
Anthropology System (ASUDAS), are seemingly useful as genetic proxies. However, recent …

The inability to distinguish between species can be a serious problem in groups responsible
for pathogen transmission. Culicoides biting midges transmit many pathogenic agents …

This article examines Shiao, Bode, Beyer, and Selvig's (2012) arguments in their article “The
Genomic Challenge to the Social Construction of Race” and finds that their claims are based …