Genetic Structure of Human Populations
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Population and Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 November 2022) | Viewed by 11984
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ancient DNA; genome-wide variations; whole-genome sequence; admixture and adaptation history; molecular anthropology
2. School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang 639798, Singapore
Interests: genome-wide SNPs; forensic and population genetics; genetic admixture and introgression; biological adaptation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Anatomically modern humans migrated out of Africa around 50,000 years ago. In the subsequent peopling of Eurasia, Oceania, and America, human populations underwent complex evolutionary events, mainly including population bottleneck, mutation, initial genetic isolation and the resulting admixture with incoming populations, and the adaptation of extreme environment introgressed with archaic hominins. This complex migration and admixture history contributed to the formation of the genetic structure of ethnolinguistically diverse populations. With the advent of an array of genotyping and next-generation sequencing, genetic studies have provided the basal framework of the genetic landscape of worldwide populations from different perspectives in the past three decades. The population genetic structure correlates well with geography and language, radically changing our understanding of human population history and cultural interactions. The genetic variations within and between populations are also widely used in the eras of human evolution, precision medicine, and forensic identification. As large-scale genomic data become more routine, we move towards an integrated comprehensive understanding of human populations.
We propose this Special Issue to highlight research on the "Genetic Structure of Human Populations". We call for high-quality review articles, original papers, and short communications with a focus on the fine-scale reconstruction of population genetic structure via mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome, and autosomal variations of both modern and ancient humans.
Prof. Dr. Chuan-Chao Wang
Prof. Dr. Guanglin He
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genome-wide variations (SNPs, STRs, InDels and CNVs)
- ancient DNA and computation techniques
- population admixture and biological adaptation
- fine-scale population structure reconstruction
- uniparentally inherited genetic markers (Y-chromosomes and Mitochondrial DNA)
- patterns of sharing alleles and haplotypes
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