ArticleTrends in ecology & evolution2009
Doubts about complex speciation between humans and chimpanzees.
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- Variable Autosomal and X Divergence Near and Far from Genes Affects Estimates of Male Mutation Bias in Great Apes.Genome biology and evolution · 2016Article
- Life history effects on the molecular clock of autosomes and sex chromosomes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016Article
- The genomic architecture of population divergence between subspecies of the European rabbit.PLoS genetics · 2014Article
- Nonhuman genetics. Strong male bias drives germline mutation in chimpanzees.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2014Article
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- Extensive X-linked adaptive evolution in central chimpanzees.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012Article
- Rates and fitness consequences of new mutations in humans.Genetics · 2012Review
- An autosomal analysis gives no genetic evidence for complex speciation of humans and chimpanzees.Molecular biology and evolution · 2012Article
- A new isolation with migration model along complete genomes infers very different divergence processes among closely related great ape species.PLoS genetics · 2012Article
- Paleopopulation genetics.Annual review of genetics · 2012Review
- Genome analyses substantiate male mutation bias in many species.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2011Review
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Abstract
Two patterns from large-scale DNA sequence data have been put forward as evidence that speciation between humans and chimpanzees was complex, involving hybridization and strong selection. First, divergence between humans and chimpanzees varies considerably across the autosomes. Second, divergence between humans and chimpanzees (but not gorillas) is markedly lower on the X chromosome. Here, we describe how simple speciation and neutral molecular evolution explain both patterns. In particular, the wide range in autosomal divergence is consistent with stochastic variation in coalescence times in the ancestral population; and the lower human-chimpanzee divergence on the X chromosome is consistent with species differences in the strength of male-biased mutation caused by differences in mating system. We also highlight two further patterns of divergence that are problematic for the complex speciation model. Our conclusions raise doubts about complex speciation between humans and chimpanzees.
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