Neutral Theory: From Complex Population History to Natural Selection and Sociocultural Phenomena in Human Populations | Zendy

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Neutral Theory: From Complex Population History to Natural Selection and Sociocultural Phenomena in Human Populations

Author(s) -

Frédéric Austerlitz,

Évelyne Heyer

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

molecular biology and evolution

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.637

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1537-1719

pISSN - 0737-4038

DOI - 10.1093/molbev/msy067

Subject(s) - sociocultural evolution , biology , natural selection , evolutionary biology , selection (genetic algorithm) , human evolution , natural (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , population , neutral theory of molecular evolution , evolutionary theory , adaptive evolution , epistemology , genetics , anthropology , paleontology , artificial intelligence , demography , sociology , gene , computer science , philosophy

Here, we present a synthetic view on how Kimura's Neutral theory has helped us gaining insight on the different evolutionary forces that shape human evolution. We put this perspective in the frame of recent emerging challenges: the use of whole genome data for reconstructing population histories, natural selection on complex polygenic traits, and integrating cultural processes in human evolution.

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