Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2015 Jun;16(6):313-4.
doi: 10.1038/nrg3954.

The diverse origins of the human gene pool

Svante Pääbo  1
Affiliations

The diverse origins of the human gene pool

Svante Pääbo. Nat Rev Genet. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

Analyses of the genomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans, the closest evolutionary relatives of present-day humans, suggest that our ancestors were part of a web of now-extinct populations linked by limited, but intermittent or sometimes perhaps even persistent, gene flow.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment in

References

    1. Nature. 2014 Jan 2;505(7481):43-9 - PubMed
    1. Mol Ecol. 2013 Sep;22(18):4606-18 - PubMed
    1. Science. 2012 Oct 12;338(6104):222-6 - PubMed
    1. Cell. 2014 Mar 27;157(1):216-26 - PubMed
    1. Nat Rev Genet. 2015 Jun;16(6):359-71 - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources