Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Webster, Timothy H
• Wilson Sayres, Melissa A

Titel

Genomic signatures of sex-biased demography: progress and prospects

Ist Teil von

• Current opinion in genetics & development, 2016-12, Vol.41, p.62-71

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

ScienceDirect

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Sex-biased demographic events have played a crucial role in shaping human history. Many of these processes affect genetic variation and can therefore leave detectable signatures in the genome because autosomal, X-linked, Y-linked, and mitochondrial DNA inheritance differ between sexes. Here, we discuss how sex-biased processes shape patterns of genetic diversity across the genome, review recent genomic evidence for sex-biased demography in modern human populations, and suggest directions for future research.