Mutational events along the human mtDNA phylogeny are traditionally identified relative to
the revised Cambridge Reference Sequence, a contemporary European sequence published …

Contemporary Jews comprise an aggregate of ethno-religious communities whose worldwide
members identify with each other through various shared religious, historical and cultural …

The quest to explain demographic history during the early part of human evolution has been
limited because of the scarce paleoanthropological record from the Middle Stone Age. To …

Here we report the Simons Genome Diversity Project data set: high quality genomes from 300
individuals from 142 diverse populations. These genomes include at least 5.8 million base …

MYH9 has been proposed as a major genetic risk locus for a spectrum of nondiabetic end
stage kidney disease (ESKD). We use recently released sequences from the 1000 Genomes …

The southwestern and Central Asian corridor has played a pivotal role in the history of
humankind, witnessing numerous waves of migration of different peoples at different times. To …

It is commonly thought that human genetic diversity in non-African populations was shaped
primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50–100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a …

Background Recent advances in the understanding of the maternal and paternal heritage of
south and southwest Asian populations have highlighted their role in the colonization of …

High-coverage whole-genome sequence studies have so far focused on a limited number 1
of geographically restricted populations 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , or been targeted at specific diseases, …

Sequencing of 81 entire human mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) belonging to haplogroups M1
and U6 reveals that these predominantly North African clades arose in southwestern Asia …