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Introgression

Backcrossing of hybrids of twoplant populations to introduce new genesinto a wild population.


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Tests for introgression

If I see genealogical discordance between a mtDNA and nDNA dataset when looking at the phylogenetic trees, two things that could be happening are introgression, or incomplete lineage sorting. How would I go about testing this?

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by thrump
Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:08 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Tests for introgression
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Re: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

... 2003). Microcephaly genetic researchers believe that D alleles may have first arisen in an archaic homo species about 1.1 million years ago before introgression into modern Homo sapien sapiens about 37, 000 years ago; possibly as the result of interspecies breeding (Evans et al, 2006). In fact, ...

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by bluecafe669
Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:50 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
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The Fiber Disease

... - 62k - Cached - Similar pages RISK ASSESSMENT OF VIRUS-RESISTANT TRANSGENIC PLANTS - Annual ... - 6:26pmIf the wild population is resistant, introgression of a virus resistance transgene ... Studies currently under way in the different experimental systems ... arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.phyto.40.120301.093728 ...

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by London
Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:37 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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