2014
The peopling of the African continent and the diaspora into the new world
Campbell MC, Hirbo JB, Townsend JP, Tishkoff SA. The peopling of the African continent and the diaspora into the new world. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 2014, 29: 120-132. PMID: 25461616, PMCID: PMC4308437, DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2014.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican diasporaModern humansHuman historyHuman migrationNew WorldDemographic historyAfrican descentAfrican continentDemographic eventsHistoryDiasporaEvolutionary questionsAfrican populationsPhenotypic variationContinentGenomic dataAfricaGeographic originDisease susceptibilityPeoplingBirthplaceRecent findingsCorresponding developmentWorldComputational methods
2004
Mitochondrial genome size variation in New World and Old World populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Townsend JP, Rand DM. Mitochondrial genome size variation in New World and Old World populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 2004, 93: 98-103. PMID: 15138453, DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMtDNA length variationNew World samplesDrosophila melanogasterFounder eventsMitochondrial genome size variationLength variationMtDNA length variantsGenome size variationDifferent mutational pressureOld World populationsD-loop regionNew World populationsMutation-selection dynamicsPatterns of variationLevel of heteroplasmyMitochondrial genomeRelaxed selectionMutational pressureControl regionGenetic variationRange expansionLength variantsMutational dynamicsNew WorldLinkage relationships