The evolutionary history of Neanderthal and Denisovan Y chromosomes | Zendy

Martin Petr | Zendy; Mateja Hajdinjak | Zendy; Qiaomei Fu | Zendy; Elena Essel | Zendy; Hélène Rougier | Zendy; Isabelle Crèvecoeur | Zendy; Patrick Semal | Zendy; Liubov V. Golovanova | Zendy; Vladimir B. Doronichev | Zendy; Carles LaluezaFox | Zendy; Marco de la Rasilla Vives | Zendy; Antonio Rosas | Zendy; M.V. Shunkov | Zendy; М.B. Kozlikin | Zendy; А. П. Деревянко | Zendy; Benjamin Vernot | Zendy; Matthias Meyer | Zendy; Janet Kelso | Zendy

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The evolutionary history of Neanderthal and Denisovan Y chromosomes

Author(s) -

Martin Petr,

Mateja Hajdinjak,

Qiaomei Fu,

Elena Essel,

Hélène Rougier,

Isabelle Crèvecoeur,

Patrick Semal,

Liubov V. Golovanova,

Vladimir B. Doronichev,

Carles LaluezaFox,

Marco de la Rasilla Vives,

Antonio Rosas,

M.V. Shunkov,

М.B. Kozlikin,

А. П. Деревянко,

Benjamin Vernot,

Matthias Meyer,

Janet Kelso

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.abb6460

Subject(s) - neanderthal , biology , evolutionary biology , genome , chromosome , human evolution , mitochondrial dna , genetics , gene , geography , archaeology

Y chromosome evolution in Neanderthals The genomes of archaic hominins have been sequenced and compared with that of modern humans. However, most archaic individuals with high-quality sequences available have been female. Petret al. performed targeted sequencing of the paternally inherited Y chromosomes from three Neanderthals and two Denisovans (see the Perspective by Schierup). Comparisons with available archaic and diverse modern human Y chromosomes indicated that, similar to the maternally inherited mitochondria, the human and Neanderthal Y chromosomes were more closely related to each other compared with the Denisovan Y chromosome. This result supports the conclusion that interbreeding between early humans and Neanderthals and selection replaced the more ancient Denisovian-like Y chromosome and mitochondria in Neanderthals.Science , this issue p.1653 ; see also p.1565

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