Human evolution: how recent were the Y chromosome ancestors?
Recent findings of low sequence variability of Y chromosome genes has led to suggestions that the most recent ancestor of human Y chromosomes existed around 50,000 years ago and human population size expanded about 28,000 years ago. But what level of confidence can we have in these estimates?
Brookfield
J F
JF
Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D014998:Y Chromosome