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Why the SNPs from the earliest human haplogroups are missing in people outside of Africa if they are infact the descendants of it?
The SNPs M91, P97, M31, P82, M23, M114, P262, M32, M59, P289, P291, P102, M13, M171, M118 from haplogroup A and SNPs M60, M181, P90 from haplogroup B are missing in people without recent African ...
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Estimating population divergence time with a single mitochondrial marker
Is it possible to estimate population divergence time with a single mitochondrial marker?
Here is additional information for my specific case:
Mitochondrial marker: Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit 1 (...
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Is the fixation rate always equal to the mutation rate for neutral alleles?
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A classical result of population genetic is that the rate of fixation of netreual alleles is the mutation rate $\mu$. The reason is that each generation $PN_e\mu$ mutations enter the ...
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