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- Human Population Genetics: An Overview
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1. Modern human origins
- Prof. Richard Klein
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2. History and geography of human genetic diversity I
- Prof. Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
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3. History and geography of human genetic diversity II
- Prof. Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
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4. Cultural evolution
- Prof. Marcus Feldman
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5. The human genomes
- Prof. Gil McVean
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6. Human population structure
- Prof. Noah Rosenberg
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7. The signature of local adaptations in human polymorphism data
- Dr. Anna Di Rienzo
- The Human Genome Project
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8. The HapMap project
- Prof. Andrew Clark
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9. Major gene families in humans and their evolutionary history
- Prof. Yoshihito Niimura
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10. Evolution of human mitochondrial DNA variations
- Prof. Toomas Kivisild
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11. Ethical issues in human population genetics
- Prof. Henry Greely
- Important Phenotypic Phenomena
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12. Evolution: how genes and their variation got here
- Prof. Kenneth Weiss
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13. The genetic component to diabetes
- Dr. Nancy Cox
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14. Genetics of breast and ovarian cancer
- Prof. Jeffrey Weitzel
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15. Colorectal cancer and the rare variant hypothesis
- Prof. Sir Walter Bodmer
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16. Genetic diseases in the Jewish population
- Prof. Neil Risch
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17. The genetics of French Canadians
- Dr. Bernard Brais
- Dr. Bertrand Desjardins
- Prof. Damian Labuda
- Dr. Marc St-Hilaire
- Prof. Marc Tremblay
- Prof. Helene Vezina
- Historical and Geographical Genetic Variation
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18. Human genetic variation of Africa
- Prof. Joanna Mountain
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19. Genetics of Pakistani populations in an Asian and global context
- Prof. S. Qasim Mehdi
- Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
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20. The genetics of breast and ovarian cancer
- Dr. Piri Welcsh
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21. Historical and geographical genetic variation: Europe
- Prof. Antonio Torroni
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22. Linguistic evolution
- Dr. Merritt Ruhlen
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23. Human microsatellite and minisatellite DNA polymorphisms
- Dr. James Weber
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24. Human population genetics: lifespan
- Prof. Kaare Christensen
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25. History and geography of human genetic diversity III
- Prof. Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
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26. Major gene families in humans and their evolutionary history
- Prof. Yoshihito Niimura
- Prof. Masatoshi Nei
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27. Natural selection and sequence polymorphism
- Prof. Austin Hughes
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28. Human Y chromosome phylogenetics and phylogeography
- Prof. Peter Underhill
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29. The peopling of the Americas: new insights from genetic studies
- Dr. Theodore Schurr
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- Introduction
- Outline of talk
- Traditional view of the peopling of the Americas
- Migration into America and spread over time
- Pleistocene overkill hypothesis
- Megafauna extinction models
- Early human occupation sites of North America
- Cactus Hill
- Topper site
- Early human occupation sites - South America (1)
- Monte Verde tools
- Monte Verde
- Early human occupation sites - South America (2)
- Retreat of the glaciers
- Origin of Clovis
- Paleoindian fluted point distribution
- New coastal routes into the new world
- Was Clovis first?
- Kennewick man
- Craniometric characteristics mapping
- Possibly two populations founded the Americas
- Native American languages
- Tripartite migration model
- Johanna Nichols - language map
- Summary of non-genetic data
- Inheritance patterns of different genetic systems
- Gene map of the human mtDNA
- Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA
- Human mtDNA haplogroup network
- Human mtDNA expansions across the world
- Physical map of the human Y chromosome
- Y chromosome haplotype phylogeny
- World Y chromosome haplogroup phylogeny
- Y chromosome haplogroups worldwide distribution
- Founding mtDNA lineages in native Americans
- Distribution of mtDNA haplogroups in the Americas
- mtDNA haplogroup frequencies in Siberia (1)
- mtDNA haplogroup ages in Siberia\ the Americas
- Pairwise mismatch analysis
- Population history of Amerindians haplogroups
- Distribution of 9RA allele at D9S1120
- 9RA frequency in linguistic\ geographical groups
- Explanations for apparent absence of 9RA in Asia
- Dating expansion time using haplogroup D
- Regional haplogroup frequencies in North America
- Coastal colonization route
- Colonizing the Americas
- Haplogroup X in North and Central America
- Haplogroup X in extant South American Indians
- Native American mtDNA RFLP haplotype
- European populations with haplogroup X mtDNAs
- Haplogroup X distribution in Eurasia
- Haplogroup C distribution in Eurasia
- mtDNA haplogroup frequencies in Siberia (2)
- Haplogroup X network
- Prehistoric European migration to North America?
- Clovis and Solutrean connection?
- Problems with Solutrean-Clovis connection model
- History of the Arctic area populations
- mtDNA haplogroups distribution in the Arctic area
- mtDNA haplogroup network of the Arctic area
- Post-glacial maximum population expansions
- Ancient vs. modern population diversity
- Peopling of the Caribbeans
- Exploring the migration route to the Caribbeans
- Percentage of native American mtDNAs
- mtDNA haplogroups distribution in the Caribbeans
- mtDNA-based colonization models
- Y chromosome haplogroup frequencies (Americas)
- Haplotypes M3 and M45
- Y chromosome haplogroup frequencies (Siberians)
- Y chromosome colonization model
- Ages of NRY haplogroups
- Abbreviated NRY SNP haplotype network
- Y chromosome SNP haplotype network
- Divergence time estimates
- Migration patterns based on Y chromosome data
- Y chromosome variation among native populations
- Summary of genetic data
- Acknowledgements
Topics Covered
- Anthropological background
- Clovis first model
- Pleistocene overkill hypothesis
- Megafauna extinction models
- Cactus Hill
- Topper site
- Monte Verde
- New coastal routes into the New World
- Was Clovis first?
- Two different founding populations colonized the Americas
- Linguistic evidence
- Genetic background
- mtDNA lineages in native Americans
- mtDNA haplogroup frequencies in Siberia and the Americas
- Population history of Amerindian haplogroups
- Haplogroup X in North and Central America
- Prehistoric European migration to North America
- History and diversification of circumarctic peoples
- Ancient vs. modern population diversity
- Colonization of the Caribbean
- Y chromosome haplogroup frequencies in the Americas
- Y chromosome haplogroup frequencies in native Siberians
- Y chromosome SNP haplotype network
- Migration models based on Y chromosome data
Talk Citation
Schurr, T. (2007, October 1). The peopling of the Americas: new insights from genetic studies [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://hstalks.com/bs/324/.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
Financial Disclosures
- Dr. Theodore Schurr has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.