Research in the Department of Genetics at University of Leicester is well-known for its human population studies with the Y chromosome, including the relationship between the male surname and the Y ...
... report genomic data showing that immunity traits may be involved in mate choice in some human populations. In several species it has been shown that the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC), a ...
... analyses and advanced computer simulations, researchers are learning more about the genomic patterns of human population structure around the world. Revealing such patterns provides insights into the ...
... advanced computer simulations, researchers are learning in greater detail about the genomic signatures of human population structures around the world. Looking at seven continental groups -- Africa, ...
... peer reviewed journal PLoS ONE on July 29. Reconstructions of the timing and magnitude of changes in human population size are important for understanding the evolution of our species. There has been ...
... over the past century. A University of Illinois at Chicago ecologist has tied these changes to human population density and climate change. The finding is reported by Oliver Pergams, UIC research ...
Genetic evidence is revealing that human populations began to expand in size in Africa during the Late Stone Age approximately 40,000 years ago. Scientists have found that sub-Saharan populations ...
... . Prior to eradication, variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox and member of the orthopoxvirus family, was estimated to have killed, crippled, or disfigured up to 10% of the human population.
... discovered that what's good for an area's bird population is also good for people living nearby. The research ... incidences of West Nile virus infection in the human population. West Nile develops rapidly ...
... areas in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America, the researchers found that, on average, the rate of human population growth along the borders of protected areas was nearly twice that of neighboring ...
... given direct evidence for the widespread incidence of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations in the human population. These findings emphasize the pressing need to develop effective ways to interrupt ...
... blood of a wide variety of hosts, the West Nile virus can move rapidly through bird and human populations, according to Reisen.
"Sampling the species in urban environments has been a ...
... natural hosts for SIV remain healthy may provide clues as to the future evolutionary trajectory of human populations in response to the profound selective pressures now being felt in regions of the ...
... animal bones shows that animals were an important food source, and this probably led to an increase in the human population that helped the TB to be maintained and spread.
"We were also able to show ...
I have recently criticized British geneticist Steve Jones for his claim that modern human societies are no longer subject to natural selection.
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