title: Brief communication: the Thule migration: rejecting population histories using computer simulation.
abstract: Locked within our genetic code are the histories of our genes and the genes of our ancestors. Deciphering a population's history from genetic data often involves lengthy investigations of many loci for many individuals. We test hypothetical population histories of the Thule expansion using a new coalescent simulation method that uses little more than mitochondrial haplogroup data. This new methodology rejects a severe bottleneck at expansion and reveals the range of probable population histories on which to focus future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. liz.marchani@anthro.utah.edu
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Marchani
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006239:Haplotypes; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial