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Independent origins of Indian caste and tribal paternal lineagesRichard Cordaux
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Curr Biol 14:231-5. 2004..In comparison, caste and tribal groups are homogeneous with respect to mitochondrial DNA variation, which may reflect the sociocultural characteristics of the Indian caste society...- The northeast Indian passageway: a barrier or corridor for human migrations?Richard Cordaux
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Mol Biol Evol 21:1525-33. 2004.... - Genetic evidence for the demic diffusion of agriculture to IndiaRichard Cordaux
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Science 304:1125. 2004 - Y-STR haplotypes from eight south Indian groups based on five lociRichard Cordaux
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
J Forensic Sci 49:847-8. 2004.... - Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals diverse histories of tribal populations from IndiaRichard Cordaux
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Eur J Hum Genet 11:253-64. 2003..Otherwise, analyses of molecular variance suggested that caste and tribal groups are genetically similar with respect to mtDNA variation... - Melanesian and Asian origins of Polynesians: mtDNA and Y chromosome gradients across the PacificManfred Kayser
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Mol Biol Evol 23:2234-44. 2006..We also demonstrate that Fiji played a pivotal role in the history of Polynesia: humans probably first migrated to Fiji, and subsequent settlement of Polynesia probably came from Fiji... - Genetic evidence for the Mongolian ancestry of KalmyksIvan Nasidze
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Am J Phys Anthropol 128:846-54. 2005..Genetic analyses of even recent, relatively well-documented migrations such as of the Kalmyks can therefore lead to new insights concerning such migrations... - HumansDavid A Hughes
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Curr Biol 14:R367-9. 2004 
South Asia, the Andamanese, and the genetic evidence for an "early" human dispersal out of AfricaRichard Cordaux
Am J Hum Genet 72:1586-90; author reply 1590-3. 2003- Structure and evolution of the atypical mitochondrial genome of Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda, Crustacea)Isabelle Marcadé
Laboratoire de Génétique et Biologie des Populations de Crustacés, UMR CNRS 6556, Universite de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, F 86022 Poitiers, France
J Mol Evol 65:651-9. 2007..vulgare mitochondrial gene order is highly derived compared to the putative ancestral arthropod type. By contrast, an overall high conservation of mitochondrial gene order is observed within crustacean isopods... - Molecular characterization and evolution of arthropod-pathogenic Rickettsiella bacteriaRichard Cordaux
Universite de Poitiers, CNRS UMR 6556, Génétique et Biologie des Populations de Crustacés, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, Poitiers Cedex, France
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:5045-7. 2007..Therefore, the genus Rickettsiella as a whole (not just Rickettsiella grylli) should be classified among the Gammaproteobacteria instead of the Alphaproteobacteria... - In search of polymorphic Alu insertions with restricted geographic distributionsRichard Cordaux
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Center for BioModular Multi Scale Systems, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Genomics 90:154-8. 2007..This is desirable if Alu insertion polymorphisms are to be used for human evolution studies or forensic applications... - Emergence of primate genes by retrotransposon-mediated sequence transductionJinchuan Xing
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Center for BioModular Multi Scale Systems, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:17608-13. 2006..The duplication of entire genes and the creation of previously undescribed gene families through retrotransposon-mediated sequence transduction represent an important mechanism by which mobile elements impact their host genomes... - A SINE-based dichotomous key for primate identificationScott W Herke
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Center for Bio Modular Microsystems, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States
Gene 390:39-51. 2007..With newly emerging genome databases, finding informative retrotransposon insertions is becoming much more rapid; thus, the general principle of using SINEs to identify organisms is broadly applicable... - Different evolutionary fates of recently integrated human and chimpanzee LINE-1 retrotransposonsJungnam Lee
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Center for BioModular Multi Scale Systems, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Gene 390:18-27. 2007..Therefore, the chimpanzee genome constitutes an excellent model in which to analyze the evolutionary dynamics of L1 retrotransposons... - Birth of a chimeric primate gene by capture of the transposase gene from a mobile elementRichard Cordaux
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Center for BioModular Multi Scale Systems, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:8101-6. 2006..Our results not only provide insight into the conditions required for a successful gene fusion, but they also suggest a mechanism by which the circuitry underlying complex regulatory networks may be rapidly established... - Extensive individual variation in L1 retrotransposition capability contributes to human genetic diversityMaria del Carmen Seleme
Department of Genetics, Division of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:6611-6. 2006..These data suggest that individual variation in retrotransposition potential makes an important contribution to human genetic diversity... - Differential alu mobilization and polymorphism among the human and chimpanzee lineagesDale J Hedges
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
Genome Res 14:1068-75. 2004..We propose a population-based model to account for the observed fluctuation in Alu retroposition rates across primate taxa... - Under the genomic radar: the stealth model of Alu amplificationKyudong Han
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Genome Res 15:655-64. 2005.... - Retrotransposition of Alu elements: how many sources?Richard Cordaux
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Trends Genet 20:464-7. 2004..This multiplicity of source elements provides new insight into the remarkably successful amplification strategy of the Alu family... - ISWpi1 from Wolbachia pipientis defines a novel group of insertion sequences within the IS5 familyRichard Cordaux
Laboratoire de Génétique et Biologie des Populations de Crustacés, CNRS UMR 6556, Universite de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France
Gene 409:20-7. 2008..pipientis bacteria, especially in light of the increasing interest in developing these bacteria as tools for controlling insect disease vectors and agricultural pests...