Molecular Biology and Evolution 19:2131-2141 (2002)
© 2002 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
DNA Polymorphism in a Worldwide Sample of Human X Chromosomes
*Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago;
Human Genetics Center, University of Texas-Houston, Houston, Texas
DNA sequence data from humans can provide insight into the history of modern humans and the genetic variability in human populations. We report here a study of human DNA sequence variation at an X-linked noncoding region of 10,346 bp. The sample consists of 62 X chromosomes from Africa, Europe, and Asia. Forty-four polymorphic sites were found among the 62 sequences, resulting in 23 different haplotypes. Statistical analyses of the data led to the following inferences. (1) There is strong evidence of human population expansion in the relatively recent past, and this population expansion has had a significant effect on the pattern of polymorphism at this locus. (2) Non-African populations were unlikely to have been derived from a very small number of African lineages. (3) There was considerable geographic subdivision in the ancient human population, which could be an important reason why many studies failed to detect population expansion. (4) The long-term effective population size of humans is between 12,000 and 15,000. And (5) a non-African specific variant was found at a frequency of 35% in non-Africans, an estimate supported by the genotyping of additional 80 non-African and 106 African X chromosomes. This variant could have arisen in Eurasia more than 140,000 years ago, predating the emergence of modern humans. Moreover, this haplotype and all other haplotypes coalesced to the most recent common ancestor of the sample, which was estimated to be older than 490,000 years. Therefore, this region may have a long history in Eurasia.
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