Human Mitochondrial DNA and the Evolution of Homo sapiens

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bandelt, Hans-Jürgen (Editor), Macaulay, Vincent (Editor), Richards, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology ; 18
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Anthropology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Cell Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Biochemistry, general.

Mitochondrial DNA is one of the most explored genetic systems because of what it can tell us about the human past. This volume takes a unique perspective, presenting the disparate strands that must be tied together to exploit this system. From molecular biology to anthropology, statistics to ancient...

Table of Contents:

• Prerequisites and Caveats
• Mitochondrial DNA in Homo Sapiens
• The Transmission and Segregation of Mitochondrial DNA in Homo Sapiens
• Numts Revisited
• Estimation of Mutation Rates and Coalescence Times: Some Caveats
• Postmortem Damage of Mitochondrial DNA
• Lab-Specific Mutation Processes
• Evolution of Human mtDNA
• The World mtDNA Phylogeny
• The Pioneer Settlement of Modern Humans in Asia
• Ancient DNA and the Neanderthals
• A Model for the Dispersal of Modern Humans out of Africa.