Insufficient evidence for a severe bottleneck in humans during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition.

IF 11 1区生物学 Q1 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular biology and evolution Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI:10.1093/molbev/msaf041

Trevor Cousins, Arun Durvasula

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Abstract

A recently proposed model suggests a severe bottleneck in the panmictic ancestral population of modern humans during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Here, we show this model provides a worse fit to the data than a panmictic model without the bottleneck.

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Molecular biology and evolution 生物-进化生物学

CiteScore

19.70

自引率

3.70%

发文量

257

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： Molecular Biology and Evolution Journal Overview: Publishes research at the interface of molecular (including genomics) and evolutionary biology Considers manuscripts containing patterns, processes, and predictions at all levels of organization: population, taxonomic, functional, and phenotypic Interested in fundamental discoveries, new and improved methods, resources, technologies, and theories advancing evolutionary research Publishes balanced reviews of recent developments in genome evolution and forward-looking perspectives suggesting future directions in molecular evolution applications.