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 systemA HERV-K provirus in chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas, but not humans
Barbulescu M, Turner G, Su M, Kim R, Jensen-Seaman M, Deinard A, Kidd K, Lenz J. A HERV-K provirus in chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas, but not humans. Current Biology 2001, 11: 779-783. PMID: 11378389, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00227-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransposable genetic elementsDNA sequencing studiesHERV-K provirusesUnique insertion sitesAfrican great apesChimpanzee genomeEvolutionary separationPhylogenetic relationshipsOrthologous positionsCommon ancestorHuman genomeModern speciesPreintegration siteGenetic elementsSequencing studiesGenomeEndogenous retrovirusesHuman evolutionGreat apesLineagesGorillasSpeciesHERVInsertion siteChimpanzees
2000
Evolution of exon 1 of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene in primates
Seaman M, Chang F, Deinard A, Quiñones A, Kidd K. Evolution of exon 1 of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene in primates. Journal Of Experimental Zoology 2000, 288: 32-38. PMID: 10750051, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(20000415)288:1<32::aid-jez4>3.0.co;2-g.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh conservationOld World monkeysWorld monkeysTandem repeatsPrimate speciesExon 1Amino acid sequenceReceptor geneGreat apesRelaxed selectionEvolutionary historyD4 receptor geneHomologous exonsInterspecific differencesNew World monkeysDopamine D4 receptor geneAcid sequenceSelective pressureFirst exonTandem duplicationExonsExon 3SpeciesGenesRepeats
1998
Analyses of Cross Species Polymerase Chain Reaction Products to Infer the Ancestral State of Human Polymorphisms
Iyengar S, Seaman M, Deinard A, Rosenbaum H, Sirugo G, Castiglione C, Kidd J, Kidd K. Analyses of Cross Species Polymerase Chain Reaction Products to Infer the Ancestral State of Human Polymorphisms. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 1998, 8: 317-327. PMID: 10993602, DOI: 10.3109/10425179809034076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-strand conformational polymorphismSequence dataUntranslated regionHuman polymorphismsSingle ancestral allelePolymorphic allelesRestriction enzyme sitesAncestral stateExtant populationsGenomic regionsAncestral statusAncestral onesAncestral alleleHuman sequenceHuman allelesStrand conformational polymorphismPCR-RFLPsRestriction fragment length analysisPolymorphic sitesNumerous populationsEnzyme sitesAllelesSpeciesConformational polymorphismPolymerase chain reaction productsEvolution of a D2 Dopamine Receptor Intron Within the Great Apes and Humans
Deinard A, Kidd K. Evolution of a D2 Dopamine Receptor Intron Within the Great Apes and Humans. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 1998, 8: 289-301. PMID: 10993600, DOI: 10.3109/10425179809034074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDenaturing Gradient Gel ElectrophoresisGenetic variationComparative phylogenetic analysisDNA sequence variationSequence comparative analysisCross-species comparisonsGreat apesEvolutionary relationshipsGradient gel electrophoresisPhylogenetic analysisGeographical rangeSequence variationPygmy chimpanzeesCommon chimpanzeesDNA sequencingDirect DNA sequencingIntronsGel electrophoresisSpeciesChimpanzeesApesSequencingComparative analysisHumansVariation
1992
DNA sequence polymorphism within hominoid species exceeds the number of phylogenetically informative characters for a HOX2 locus.
Ruano G, Rogers J, Ferguson-Smith A, Kidd K. DNA sequence polymorphism within hominoid species exceeds the number of phylogenetically informative characters for a HOX2 locus. Molecular Biology And Evolution 1992, 9: 575-586. PMID: 1352841, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeparate speciation eventsDNA sequence polymorphismsMaximum parsimony methodsBase pair differencesDenaturing gradient gelGene treesSpeciation eventsSpecies clustersBase pair substitutionsPhylogenetic treeInformative charactersComplete sequenceSequence polymorphismsHominoid speciesSpecies variabilityDifferent allelesG. gorillaSpeciesP. troglodytesAllelesGradient gelsGorillasSequenceTreesGenus
1991
Drift, admixture, and selection in human evolution: a study with DNA polymorphisms.
Bowcock A, Kidd J, Mountain J, Hebert J, Carotenuto L, Kidd K, Cavalli-Sforza L. Drift, admixture, and selection in human evolution: a study with DNA polymorphisms. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1991, 88: 839-843. PMID: 1992475, PMCID: PMC50909, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.3.839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA polymorphismsEqual evolutionary ratesRandom genetic driftEvolutionary ratesGenetic driftEvolutionary analysisNatural selectionGenetic markersHuman evolutionGene frequenciesEarly admixtureHuman differentiationEvolutionary modelsPolymorphismHigh variationLow variationGenetic polymorphismsMeasures of variationGenesPopulationSpeciesObserved distributionDifferentiationVariationSelection
1985
Genetic and evolutionary relationships among Asian Macaques
Melnick1 D, Kidd K. Genetic and evolutionary relationships among Asian Macaques. International Journal Of Primatology 1985, 6: 123-160. DOI: 10.1007/bf02693650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary relationshipsGenetic distanceSpecies groupsInferred evolutionary relationshipsEffective population sizeIntraspecific genetic distancesGene frequency dataMacaque speciesDivergence timesPhylogenetic treeAllele definitionGenetic differencesPopulation sizeCavalli-SforzaAsian macaquesSpeciesTree analysisLociPopulationTreesMajor sea-level changesFrequency dataSea-level changesAsia
1974
Error in The Reconstruction of Evolutionary Trees
Kidd K, Astolfi P, Cavalli-Sforza L. Error in The Reconstruction of Evolutionary Trees. 1974, 121-136. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-2139-2_11.Peer-Reviewed Original Research