Ancient DNA and Human Evolution

For evolution course

This video relates to Chapter 7: Molecular Evolution.

It discusses positive natural selection and gene purification (note the gene deserts).  The concept of gene phylogenies not matching with species phylogenies as our textbook may lead us to think of Neanderthal genes in modern human genomes is supplanted by the idea of introgression.

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