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Brief communication: The Thule migration: Rejecting population histories using computer simulation
Author(s) -
Marchani E.E.,
Rogers A.R.,
O'Rourke D.H.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.20650
Subject(s) - population , computer science , geography , demography , sociology
Locked within our genetic code are the histories of our genes and the genes of our ancestors. Deciphering a population's history from genetic data often involves lengthy investigations of many loci for many individuals. We test hypothetical population histories of the Thule expansion using a new coalescent simulation method that uses little more than mitochondrial haplogroup data. This new methodology rejects a severe bottleneck at expansion and reveals the range of probable population histories on which to focus future research. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.