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GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR A PLEISTOCENE POPULATION EXPLOSION

Rogers, Alan R.·1995·Evolution
DOI 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02297.x
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Expansions of population size leave characteristic signatures in mitochondrial “mismatch distributions.” Consequently, these distributions can inform us about the history of changes in population size. Here, I study a simple model of population history that assumes that, t generations before the present, a population grows (or shrinks) suddenly from female size N0 to female size N1. Although this model is simple, it often provides an accurate description of data generated by complex population histories. I develop statistical methods that estimate θ0 = 2uN0, θ1 = 2uN1, and τ = 2ut (where u is the mutation rate), and place a confidence region around these estimates. These estimators are well behaved, and insensitive to simplifying assumptions. Finally, I apply these methods to published mitochondrial data, and infer that a major expansion of the human population occurred during the late Pleistocene.

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Authors
Rogers, A. R.
Venue
Evolution
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1995-08
Volume
49
Issue
4
Pages
608-615
ISSN
  • 0014-3820 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-5646
DOI
10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02297.x
OpenAlex
W2329823270
Cited by
1,083
References
1
FWCI
7.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (MGN 1 R29 GM39593)
  • National Science Foundation (DBS‐92l1255, DBS‐9310105)

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