Deeply divergent archaic mitochondrial genome provides lower time boundary for African gene flow into Neanderthals

Ancient DNA is revealing new insights into the genetic relationship between Pleistocene hominins and modern humans. Nuclear DNA indicated Neanderthals as a sister group of Denisovans after diverging from modern humans. However, the closer affinity of the Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to mode...

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Published in:Nature communications 2017-07, Vol.8 (1), p.16046-9, Article 16046
Main Authors: Posth, Cosimo, Wißing, Christoph, Kitagawa, Keiko, Pagani, Luca, van Holstein, Laura, Racimo, Fernando, Wehrberger, Kurt, Conard, Nicholas J., Kind, Claus Joachim, Bocherens, Hervé, Krause, Johannes
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Language:English
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African Continental Ancestry Group - genetics
Animals
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics
Evolution, Molecular
Femur
Gene Flow
Genetic relationship
Genome, Human - genetics
Genome, Mitochondrial
Genomes
Germany
Hominidae - genetics
Hominids
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens denisova
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Mitochondrial DNA
multidisciplinary
Neanderthals - genetics
Pleistocene
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Time Factors
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