Daily Archives: 5 Feb, 2015

Phonemes and Genomes

Posted on 5 Feb, 2015 by Arun Sethuraman

Human phonemes and genomes are thought to have evolved hand-in-glove out of Africa. Several recent studies have attempted to capture a picture of this global variation in languages and peoples, often supporting (and rejecting) a serial founder model (eg. see … Continue reading →

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Night at the museum

Posted on 5 Feb, 2015 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Many population genetic and genomic studies document snapshots of a given population’s genetic diversity. Yet, there are many reasons to document changes over time in population parameters in response to perturbations, such as biological invasions (both in terms of the invader … Continue reading →

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