1. Introduction The genetic patterns observed today in the human species are the result of a complex history including population expansions and collapses, migration, colonization, extinction, and admixture events. These events have taken place in different locations and times, sometimes involving populations that have been separated for centuries or millennia. Given that anatomically modern humans […]
1. Introduction With the completion of sequencing the DNA of numerous entire genomes, a comprehensive analysis of gene repertoires in evolutionary perspective becomes possible. Of particular interest are those types of genes that are thought to be responsible for, or contributing to, the evolutionary changes that manifest themselves in the various distinct species. One of […]