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Natural Selection on Human Mitochondrial DNA

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Author: Siqi Huang, Chuanchao Wang, Hui Li

Abstract: As an important tool for population genetics and molecular anthropology, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has long been used for the studies of human origin and evolution. However, previous studies were mostly based on simple models of evolution, ignoring the possible effects of natural selection upon mtDNA. In recent years, human mitochondrial genome was proved having undergone strong effect of natural selection by an increasing number of evidences. Climate-induced adaptive selection has contributed to shaping the current continent-specific distribution of mtDNA lineages. Strong purifying selection has also been suggested by statistics of nonsynonymous versus synonymous mutations on mtDNA. Therefore, possible effects induced by natural selection should be taken into account when we use mtDNA in human population genetic studies.

Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA; Purifying Selection; Adaptive Selection; Synonymous Mutation; Climate; Evolution

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