Using mtDNA to predict population size

3 Responses to Using mtDNA to predict population size

1. Gene Genie #23: Paradise of Genomics « ScienceRoll says:

   January 6, 2008 at 2:42 pm

   [...] And the friends of Simon Greenhill would use mtDNA to predict population size. [...]
2. Genetic Genealogy From Around the Web » The Genetic Genealogist says:

   January 7, 2008 at 12:04 am

   [...] all related – no pun intended!). A new paper (available here by subscription, a great summary at henry) uses 357 mtDNA coding region sequences to hypothesize about the size of the human population [...]
3. mtDNA variation tells us of Southern Asia’s massive population growth 50,000 years ago « Anthropology.net says:

   February 6, 2008 at 7:03 am

   [...] statistical approaches to estimate population genetic parameters have been improved. One of them, as Simon Greenhill summarizes, is the Bayesian Skyline Plots, “which takes a Bayesian approach to coalescent [...]