Short tandem repeats (STRs) are highly polymorphic sequences throughout the human
genome that are composed of repeated copies of a 1–6-bp motif. Over 1 million variable …

Determination of haplotype phase is becoming increasingly important as we enter the era of
large-scale sequencing because many of its applications, such as imputing low-frequency …

Current genome-wide association studies (GWAS) use commercial genotyping microarrays
that can assay over a million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The number of SNPs …

Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of
the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the …

The human genome holds an extraordinary trove of information about human development,
physiology, medicine and evolution. Here we report the results of an international …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

A tandem repeat in DNA is two or more contiguous, approximate copies of a pattern of
nucleotides. Tandem repeats have been shown to cause human disease, may play a variety …

The goal of the International HapMap Project is to determine the common patterns of DNA
sequence variation in the human genome and to make this information freely available in …

Haplotype-based methods offer a powerful approach to disease gene mapping, based on
the association between causal mutations and the ancestral haplotypes on which they …

Proponents of the model known as the “human revolution” claim that modern human
behaviors arose suddenly, and nearly simultaneously, throughout the Old World ca. 40 …