2007
Human genetic variation of medical significance
Kidd K, Kidd J. Human genetic variation of medical significance. 2007, 51-62. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199207466.003.0005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetic variationNormal genetic variationRandom genetic driftSignificant genetic variationLoss of variationHuman genetic variationAllele frequency variationHuman evolutionary historyEvolutionary historyGenetic driftNatural selectionModern humansMedical significanceGeographic regionsLociHumansVariationSelectionDemographyMetabolismTaste perceptionComplex waysIsolationMigration
2001
Modern African Ape Populations as Genetic and Demographic Models of the Last Common Ancestor of Humans, Chimpanzees, and Gorillas
Jensen-Seaman M, Deinard A, Kidd K. Modern African Ape Populations as Genetic and Demographic Models of the Last Common Ancestor of Humans, Chimpanzees, and Gorillas. Journal Of Heredity 2001, 92: 475-480. PMID: 11948214, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/92.6.475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLast common ancestorEffective population sizeNucleotide diversityCommon ancestorStrong female philopatryStrong geographic structuringPopulation sizeHuman evolutionary historyNuclear lociGeographic structuringModern humansFemale philopatryEvolutionary historyAncestral populationsGorilla lineageMolecular dataNuclear DNAClose relativesDemographic modelsAfrican ape speciesApe populationsApe speciesNatal groupSpeciesDispersal system
2000
Short Tandem-Repeat Polymorphism/Alu Haplotype Variation at the PLAT Locus: Implications for Modern Human Origins
Tishkoff S, Pakstis A, Stoneking M, Kidd J, Destro-Bisol G, Sanjantila A, Lu R, Deinard A, Sirugo G, Jenkins T, Kidd K, Clark A. Short Tandem-Repeat Polymorphism/Alu Haplotype Variation at the PLAT Locus: Implications for Modern Human Origins. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2000, 67: 901-925. PMID: 10986042, PMCID: PMC1287905, DOI: 10.1086/303068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAfrica South of the SaharaAllelesAlu ElementsAnimalsChromosomes, Human, Pair 8Dinucleotide RepeatsEvolution, MolecularGene FrequencyGenetic VariationHaplotypesHominidaeHumansLinkage DisequilibriumMicronesiaPapua New GuineaPhylogenyPolymorphism, GeneticSequence DeletionTandem Repeat SequencesConceptsNon-African populationsHaplotype variationGene flowLinkage disequilibriumShort tandem repeat polymorphismsHaplotype diversityPLAT locusLarge effective population sizesAncient gene flowEffective population sizeDinucleotide short tandem repeat polymorphismsRecent common ancestryAlu insertion/deletion polymorphismHuman evolutionary historyDiverse human populationsModern human originsEvolutionary historyCommon ancestryAfrican populationsPopulation substructureAlu elementsPolymorphic Alu elementsPopulation sizeRare haplotypesDinucleotide repeats