Published in Eur J Hum Genet on April 13, 2011
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Variation and association to diabetes in 2000 full mtDNA sequences mined from an exome study in a Danish population. Eur J Hum Genet (2014) 0.81
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West Eurasian mtDNA lineages in India: an insight into the spread of the Dravidian language and the origins of the caste system. Hum Genet (2015) 0.76
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Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation. Hum Mutat (2009) 9.66
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A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing. Cell (2008) 6.98
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High-throughput sequencing of complete human mtDNA genomes from the Philippines. Genome Res (2010) 1.56
Bayesian estimation of recent migration rates after a spatial expansion. Genetics (2005) 1.51
Bayesian coalescent inference of major human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup expansions in Africa. Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.31
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Concomitant replacement of language and mtDNA in South Caspian populations of Iran. Curr Biol (2006) 0.96
Testing hypotheses on processes of genetic and linguistic change in the Caucasus. Hum Biol (1994) 0.92
Georgian and kurd mtDNA sequence analysis shows a lack of correlation between languages and female genetic lineages. Am J Phys Anthropol (2000) 0.91
Close genetic relationship between Semitic-speaking and Indo-European-speaking groups in Iran. Ann Hum Genet (2008) 0.91
mtDNA and Y-chromosome variation in the Talysh of Iran and Azerbaijan. Am J Phys Anthropol (2009) 0.83
Hovk 1 and the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of Armenia: a preliminary framework. J Hum Evol (2008) 0.81
Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia. Nature (2010) 8.99
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A new approach for using genome scans to detect recent positive selection in the human genome. PLoS Biol (2007) 3.71
Denisova admixture and the first modern human dispersals into Southeast Asia and Oceania. Am J Hum Genet (2011) 3.53
Melanesian and Asian origins of Polynesians: mtDNA and Y chromosome gradients across the Pacific. Mol Biol Evol (2006) 2.98
Detecting heteroplasmy from high-throughput sequencing of complete human mitochondrial DNA genomes. Am J Hum Genet (2010) 2.98
Great ape genetic diversity and population history. Nature (2013) 2.95
Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet (2005) 2.36
Worldwide population differentiation at disease-associated SNPs. BMC Med Genomics (2008) 2.32
A genome scan to detect candidate regions influenced by local natural selection in human populations. Mol Biol Evol (2003) 2.30
Dual origins of the Japanese: common ground for hunter-gatherer and farmer Y chromosomes. J Hum Genet (2005) 2.19
A melanocortin 1 receptor allele suggests varying pigmentation among Neanderthals. Science (2007) 2.15
Molecular evolution of Pediculus humanus and the origin of clothing. Curr Biol (2003) 2.09
Genome-wide analysis indicates more Asian than Melanesian ancestry of Polynesians. Am J Hum Genet (2008) 2.02
A comprehensive survey of human Y-chromosomal microsatellites. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 1.97
Demographic history of Oceania inferred from genome-wide data. Curr Biol (2010) 1.93
Reduced Y-chromosome, but not mitochondrial DNA, diversity in human populations from West New Guinea. Am J Hum Genet (2002) 1.86
Molecular analysis reveals tighter social regulation of immigration in patrilocal populations than in matrilocal populations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.83
Evaluation of saliva as a source of human DNA for population and association studies. Anal Biochem (2006) 1.81
Ancient west Eurasian ancestry in southern and eastern Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 1.79
Genome-wide data substantiate Holocene gene flow from India to Australia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.78
The genetic prehistory of southern Africa. Nat Commun (2012) 1.78
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Recent origin and cultural reversion of a hunter-gatherer group. PLoS Biol (2005) 1.75
Dating the age of admixture via wavelet transform analysis of genome-wide data. Genome Biol (2011) 1.65
Insight into the early spread of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infections in Papua New Guinea. J Infect Dis (2005) 1.60
Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals diverse histories of tribal populations from India. Eur J Hum Genet (2003) 1.58
Independent origins of Indian caste and tribal paternal lineages. Curr Biol (2004) 1.58
High-throughput sequencing of complete human mtDNA genomes from the Philippines. Genome Res (2010) 1.56
Genetic variation and recent positive selection in worldwide human populations: evidence from nearly 1 million SNPs. PLoS One (2009) 1.53
Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts. Hum Genet (2006) 1.51
Discordant patterns of genetic variation at two chloroquine resistance loci in worldwide populations of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.50
Extreme mtDNA homogeneity in continental Asian populations. Am J Phys Anthropol (2002) 1.47
A counter-clockwise northern route of the Y-chromosome haplogroup N from Southeast Asia towards Europe. Eur J Hum Genet (2006) 1.44
Evolutionary history of continental southeast Asians: "early train" hypothesis based on genetic analysis of mitochondrial and autosomal DNA data. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 1.42
Genetic dating indicates that the Asian-Papuan admixture through Eastern Indonesia corresponds to the Austronesian expansion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.41
The impact of the Austronesian expansion: evidence from mtDNA and Y chromosome diversity in the Admiralty Islands of Melanesia. Mol Biol Evol (2008) 1.41
Comparative analysis of human saliva microbiome diversity by barcoded pyrosequencing and cloning approaches. Anal Biochem (2009) 1.40
A new approach for detecting low-level mutations in next-generation sequence data. Genome Biol (2012) 1.35
Identifying genes underlying skin pigmentation differences among human populations. Hum Genet (2006) 1.34
Y-chromosomal variation in sub-Saharan Africa: insights into the history of Niger-Congo groups. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 1.32
Y chromosome STR haplotypes and the genetic structure of U.S. populations of African, European, and Hispanic ancestry. Genome Res (2003) 1.30
Bringing together linguistic and genetic evidence to test the Bantu expansion. Proc Biol Sci (2012) 1.27
The northeast Indian passageway: a barrier or corridor for human migrations? Mol Biol Evol (2004) 1.21
High diversity of the saliva microbiome in Batwa Pygmies. PLoS One (2011) 1.18
Fidelity of capture-enrichment for mtDNA genome sequencing: influence of NUMTs. Nucleic Acids Res (2012) 1.18
Genetic evidence for the demic diffusion of agriculture to India. Science (2004) 1.17
Genetic admixture history of Eastern Indonesia as revealed by Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA analysis. Mol Biol Evol (2009) 1.17
The Y-chromosome landscape of the Philippines: extensive heterogeneity and varying genetic affinities of Negrito and non-Negrito groups. Eur J Hum Genet (2010) 1.15
Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation. PLoS One (2008) 1.14
Dynamic nature of the proximal AZFc region of the human Y chromosome: multiple independent deletion and duplication events revealed by microsatellite analysis. Hum Mutat (2008) 1.10
High fractions of exogenous DNA in human buccal samples reduce the quality of large-scale genotyping. Anal Biochem (2008) 1.03
Melanesian blond hair is caused by an amino acid change in TYRP1. Science (2012) 1.01
Analysis of Y chromosome STR haplotypes in the European part of Russia reveals high diversities but non-significant genetic distances between populations. Int J Legal Med (2008) 1.01
Global patterns of genetic diversity and signals of natural selection for human ADME genes. Hum Mol Genet (2010) 1.01
Bridging near and remote Oceania: mtDNA and NRY variation in the Solomon Islands. Mol Biol Evol (2011) 1.01
Apparent intrachromosomal exchange on the human Y chromosome explained by population history. Eur J Hum Genet (2003) 1.00
Testing hypotheses of language replacement in the Caucasus: evidence from the Y-chromosome. Hum Genet (2002) 0.98
Larger mitochondrial DNA than Y-chromosome differences between matrilocal and patrilocal groups from Sumatra. Nat Commun (2011) 0.96
Concomitant replacement of language and mtDNA in South Caspian populations of Iran. Curr Biol (2006) 0.96
In search of polymorphic Alu insertions with restricted geographic distributions. Genomics (2007) 0.95
Parallel selection on TRPV6 in human populations. PLoS One (2008) 0.95
Online Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat haplotype reference database (YHRD) for U.S. populations. J Forensic Sci (2002) 0.95
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MtDNA SNP multiplexes for efficient inference of matrilineal genetic ancestry within Oceania. Forensic Sci Int Genet (2011) 0.94
MtDNA and Y-chromosome variation in Kurdish groups. Ann Hum Genet (2005) 0.94
Microsatellite polymorphism within pfcrt provides evidence of continuing evolution of chloroquine-resistant alleles in Papua New Guinea. Malar J (2007) 0.94
Worldwide variation in human drug-metabolism enzyme genes CYP2B6 and UGT2B7: implications for HIV/AIDS treatment. Pharmacogenomics (2012) 0.93
Ancient substructure in early mtDNA lineages of southern Africa. Am J Hum Genet (2013) 0.93
Unraveling the complex maternal history of Southern African Khoisan populations. Am J Phys Anthropol (2013) 0.92
Identification of a candidate genetic variant for the high prevalence of type II diabetes in Polynesians. Eur J Hum Genet (2007) 0.92
Correlations in the population structure of music, genes and language. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 0.91
Population-genetic comparison of the Sorbian isolate population in Germany with the German KORA population using genome-wide SNP arrays. BMC Genet (2011) 0.91
Contrasting maternal and paternal histories in the linguistic context of Burkina Faso. Mol Biol Evol (2011) 0.91
Interrogating 11 fast-evolving genes for signatures of recent positive selection in worldwide human populations. Mol Biol Evol (2009) 0.90
Recent positive selection of a human androgen receptor/ectodysplasin A2 receptor haplotype and its relationship to male pattern baldness. Hum Genet (2009) 0.90
OPRM1 and EGFR contribute to skin pigmentation differences between Indigenous Americans and Europeans. Hum Genet (2011) 0.90
Genomic complexity of the Y-STR DYS19: inversions, deletions and founder lineages carrying duplications. Int J Legal Med (2008) 0.89
Genetic evidence for the Mongolian ancestry of Kalmyks. Am J Phys Anthropol (2005) 0.89
South Asia, the Andamanese, and the genetic evidence for an "early" human dispersal out of Africa. Am J Hum Genet (2003) 0.89
Boundaries and clines in the West Eurasian Y-chromosome landscape: insights from the European part of Russia. Am J Phys Anthropol (2008) 0.88
A whole genome amplification method to generate long fragments from low quantities of genomic DNA. Anal Biochem (2002) 0.88
Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Kalmyk population samples. Forensic Sci Int (2007) 0.88
Mating patterns amongst Siberian reindeer herders: inferences from mtDNA and Y-chromosomal analyses. Am J Phys Anthropol (2007) 0.87
Genetic and neural dissociation of individual responses to emotional expressions in human infants. Dev Cogn Neurosci (2010) 0.86
New insights into the history of the C-14010 lactase persistence variant in Eastern and Southern Africa. Am J Phys Anthropol (2014) 0.84
Mitochondrial DNA evidence for admixed origins of central Siberian populations. Am J Phys Anthropol (2003) 0.84
mtDNA and Y-chromosome variation in the Talysh of Iran and Azerbaijan. Am J Phys Anthropol (2009) 0.83
A preliminary analysis of the DNA and diet of the extinct Beothuk: a systematic approach to ancient human DNA. Am J Phys Anthropol (2007) 0.83