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African populations and the evolution of human mitochondrial DNA.
- L. Vigilant, M. Stoneking, H. Harpending, K. Hawkes, A. Wilson
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 27 September 1991
The proposal that all mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) types in contemporary humans stem from a common ancestor present in an African population some 200,000 years ago has attracted much attention. To study… Expand
Genetic analyses from ancient DNA.
- S. Pääbo, H. Poinar, +7 authors M. Hofreiter
- Biology, Medicine
- Annual review of genetics
- 29 November 2004
About 20 years ago, DNA sequences were separately described from the quagga (a type of zebra) and an ancient Egyptian individual. What made these DNA sequences exceptional was that they were derived… Expand
Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African population.
- L. Vigilant, R. Pennington, H. Harpending, T. Kocher, A. Wilson
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 1 December 1989
Hypervariable parts of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were amplified enzymatically and sequenced directly by using genomic DNA from single plucked human hairs. This method has been applied to study mtDNA… Expand
mtDNA control-region sequence variation suggests multiple independent origins of an "Asian-specific" 9-bp deletion in sub-Saharan Africans.
- H. Soodyall, L. Vigilant, A. Hill, M. Stoneking, T. Jenkins
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of human genetics
- 1 March 1996
The intergenic COII/tRNA(Lys) 9-bp deletion in human mtDNA, which is found at varying frequencies in Asia, Southeast Asia, Polynesia, and the New World, was also found in 81 of 919 sub-Saharan… Expand
Population variation of human mtDNA control region sequences detected by enzymatic amplification and sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes.
- M. Stoneking, D. Hedgecock, Russell Higuchi, L. Vigilant, H. Erlich
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of human genetics
- 1 February 1991
A method for detecting sequence variation of hypervariable segments of the mtDNA control region was developed. The technique uses hybridization of sequence-specific oligonucleotide (SSO) probes to… Expand
Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos
- Marc de Manuel, Martin Kuhlwilm, +34 authors Tomàs Marquès-Bonet
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 28 October 2016
Of chimpanzees and bonobos Modern non-African human genomes contain genomic remnants that suggest that there was interbreeding between ancient humans and archaic hominoid lineages. Now, de Manuel et… Expand
The effects of sequence length and oligonucleotide mismatches on 5' exonuclease assay efficiency.
- Steve Smith, L. Vigilant, P. Morin
- Biology, Medicine
- Nucleic acids research
- 15 October 2002
Although increasingly used for DNA quantification, little is known of the dynamics of the 5' exonuclease assay, particularly in relation to amplicon length and mismatches at oligonucleotide binding… Expand
Reply: facts, faeces and setting standards for the study of MHC genes using noninvasive samples
- D. Lukas, L. Vigilant
- Biology
- 1 April 2005
Evaluating genetic capture‐recapture using a chimpanzee population of known size
- Anne-Céline Granjon, Carolyn Rowney, L. Vigilant, K. Langergraber
- Biology
- 25 November 2016
Genetic capture-recapture (CR) estimates of population size have potential for aiding the conservation and management of rare or elusive animals. To date, few studies have explored the performance of… Expand