Credits to Vanessa Patel for some of the slides
Archaeology – “the scientific study of material remains (as fossil relics, artifacts, and monuments) of past human life and activities” Studies the time period starting at the Paleolithic time until the advent of literacy
From bones, compared genomes of three different Neanderthals with five genomes from modern humans from different areas of the world Figure 1- R. E. Green et al., Science 328, (2010)
Stoneking, Krause, Nature Reviews Genetics 2011
Neutral Drift Positive Selection Negative Selection How can we detect negative selection? How can we detect positive selection?
Ka/Ks ratio: Ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions Very old, persistent, strong positive selection for a protein that keeps adapting Examples: immune response, spermatogenesis Ka/Ks ratio: Ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions Very old, persistent, strong positive selection for a protein that keeps adapting Examples: immune response, spermatogenesis
Less time: Fewer mutations Fewer recombinations