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. 1999 Jan 14;9(1):R29-31.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80039-6.

Human evolution: sex-specific contributions to genome variation

T R Disotell  1
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Human evolution: sex-specific contributions to genome variation

T R Disotell. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Studies of maternally-inherited mitochondrial DNA have provided evidence that all modern humans have a common, 200,000 year old African ancestor. Recent studies of Y chromosome variation support this view and suggest that males and females have contributed differentially to human genome variation.

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