Genetic Data Contradicts Multiregional Hypothesis

• Study 3 (small population size)

  • Nuclear Deoxyribonucleic acid: the chemical inside the nucleus of a cell that carries the genetic instructions for making living organisms.DNA The order of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, or the order of amino acids in a protein molecule.sequences

  • Alu Chromosomal abnormalities in which a DNA sequences are inserted into genes, disrupting the normal structure and function of those genes.insertions

  • HLA The regions of a gene that contain the code for producing a specific portion of a gene's protein.exons

  • Genetic material found in mitochondria, the organelles that generate energy for the cell.mtDNA mismatch distributions

  • frequency spectra ( Genetic material found in mitochondria, the organelles that generate energy for the cell.mtDNA, Y-chr)

  • allele size vs. homozygosity at tandem repeat Multiple places on a chromosome where specific genes or genetic markers are located, a kind of address for the gene.loci