TY -  JOUR
PY -  2017
SN -  2035-357X
T1 -  The evolution of human populations. The storytelling from the genome
JO -  PARADIGMI
DA -  7/15/2017 12:00:00 AM
DO -  10.3280/PARA2017-002008
UR -  http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=59714
AU -  Lari, Martina
AU -  Caramelli, David
SP -  113
EP -  122
IS -  2
VL -  
LA -  EN
AB -  The first sequence of the human genome was completed in 2000 at the end of a pioneering project which lasted 10 years. Since then much has been done, the technological break-throughs have been huge and we can now sequence a new genome in less than a week. With the advent of ancient DNA study we can now recover and analyze the DNA sequences from extinct organisms and from people lived in the past. This work has inherent limitations related to the degradation that DNA molecules encounter after the death of an organism. Recently, the development of next-generation high-throughput sequencing technologies, has greatly expanded the scopes of paleogenetics allowing to decipher entire human ancient genomes. By comparing ancient and modern genomes we can piece together the movements and the relationships of past human populations and reconstruct our evolutionary history.
PB -  FrancoAngeli
ER -