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The contribution of admixture to primate evolution.

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Tung, J; Barreiro, LB
Published in: Current opinion in genetics & development
December 2017

Genome-wide data on genetic variation are now available for multiple primate species and populations, facilitating analyses of evolutionary history within and across taxa. One emerging theme from these studies involves the central role of admixture. Genomic data sets indicate that both ancient gene flow following initial taxonomic divergence and ongoing gene flow at current species boundaries are common. These findings are of particular interest given evidence for a complex history of admixture in our own lineage, including examples of ecologically driven adaptive introgression. Like other aspects of human biology, studies of nonhuman primates thus provide both comparative context and a living model for understanding admixture dynamics in hominins. We highlight several open questions that could be addressed in future work.

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Current opinion in genetics & development

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1879-0380

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0959-437X

Publication Date

December 2017

Volume

47

Start / End Page

61 / 68

Related Subject Headings

  • Primates
  • Phylogeny
  • Humans
  • Genome
  • Genetics, Population
  • Genetic Variation
  • Gene Flow
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Developmental Biology
  • Animals
 

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Tung, J., & Barreiro, L. B. (2017). The contribution of admixture to primate evolution. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 47, 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2017.08.010
Tung, Jenny, and Luis B. Barreiro. “The contribution of admixture to primate evolution.Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 47 (December 2017): 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2017.08.010.
Tung J, Barreiro LB. The contribution of admixture to primate evolution. Current opinion in genetics & development. 2017 Dec;47:61–8.
Tung, Jenny, and Luis B. Barreiro. “The contribution of admixture to primate evolution.Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, vol. 47, Dec. 2017, pp. 61–68. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.gde.2017.08.010.
Tung J, Barreiro LB. The contribution of admixture to primate evolution. Current opinion in genetics & development. 2017 Dec;47:61–68.
Journal cover image

Published In

Current opinion in genetics & development

DOI

EISSN

1879-0380

ISSN

0959-437X

Publication Date

December 2017

Volume

47

Start / End Page

61 / 68

Related Subject Headings

  • Primates
  • Phylogeny
  • Humans
  • Genome
  • Genetics, Population
  • Genetic Variation
  • Gene Flow
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Developmental Biology
  • Animals