Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms shared between modern humans and neanderthals: Adaptive convergence or evidence for interspecific hybridization?

作者：Malyarchuk B A^*

来源：Russian Journal of Genetics, 2013, 49(9): 975-978.

DOI：10.1134/S1022795413080115

An analysis of the variability of the nucleotide sequences in the mitochondrial genome of modern humans, neanderthals, Denisovans, and other primates has shown that there are shared polymorphisms at positions 2758 and 7146 between modern Homo sapiens (in phylogenetic cluster L2'3'4'5'6) and Homo neanderthalensis (in the group of European neanderthals younger than 48 000 years). It is suggested that the convergence may be due to adaptive changes in the mitochondrial genomes of modern humans and neanderthals or interspecific hybridization associated with mtDNA recombination.

• 出版日期2013-9