Everyone should sign up
for one presentation. Only one person
may sign up for each paper (sign on the line beneath the article title). All articles are in the course packet with
the exception of one article that I will add on
September 21 – Genetics and the
making of Homo sapiens, Carroll, 2003, Nature, 422:849-857
Andrew
Sands_________________________
Implications
of natural selection in shaping 99.4% nonsynonymous
DNA identity between humans and chimpanzees: Enlarging genus Homo,
Wildman et al
Robyn Monckton________________________
September 28 - Ice ages and the mitochondrial DNA
chronology of human dispersals: A review, Forster
Dani Marks____________________________
Evidence for a genetic discontinuity
between Neandertals and 24,000-year-old anatomically modern Europeans, Caramelli et al
Stacey Gray___________________________
October 5 - Press releases AND X chromosome
evidence for ancient human histories, Harris and Hey
Megan Donahue________________________
Genetic evidence for
larger African population size during recent human evolution, Relethford and Jorde
Andrew Stark__________________________
October 12 - Press release AND Comments AND Global
patterns of linkage disequilibrium at the CD4 locus and modern human origins,
Tishkoff et al
Sara Meerow___________________________
Genetic traces of ancient demography,
Harpending et al
Renate Beyer__________________________
October 19 - DNA sequence of the mitochondrial
hypervariable region II from the Neandertal type specimen, Krings et al
Abhishek Gangrade____________________
The Neandertal type site revisited:
Interdisciplinary investigations of skeletal remains from the Neander Valley, Germany, Schmitz et al
Adam Greulich______________________
October 26 - DNAs from the
European Neolithic, Barbujani and Chikhi AND Genetics
and the population history of
Kristen
Scheff________________________
Y genetic data support the Neolithic demic diffusion model, Chikhi et al
Sarah Skalaska________________________
November 2 - Press release AND The
genetic legacy of Paleolithic Homo sapiens sapiens
in extant Europeans: A Y chromosome perspective, Semino
et al
Genevieve Ochs___________________
Y chromosomes traveling south: The Cohen modal
haplotype and the origins of the Lemba – the “Black
Jews of the
Ilana Seff____________________________
Founding mothers of Jewish communities: Geographically
separated Jewish groups were independently founded by very few female ancestors
Nina Parikh______________________
November 9 - Population
genetics, history, and health patterns in Native Americans, Mulligan et al
Michael
Ross__________________________
Additional
paper on
Alex
Payne____________________________
November 16 – DNA
sequence from Cretaceous period bone fragments, Woodward et al AND Comments
Andrew Dooley_________________________
Analysis of ancient DNA from a prehistoric
Amerindian cemetery, Stone and Stoneking
Jason Rudman_________________________
November 30 - Ethical
issues in medical-sequencing research: Implications of genotype:phenotype studies for individuals and populations,
Foster and Sharp
Rachel
Donahue________________________
Frank Walch___________________________