Reproduction.
See
Interbreeding; Offspring; Sexual reproduction
Restriction enzymes,
149
Ribosomal RNA gene,
101
–
102
,
104
RNA splicing,
112
Rosas, Antonio,
137
Ross, Hugh,
221
Rothberg, Jonathan,
109
,
111
–
112
,
117
–
120
,
122
,
161
contamination of data,
126
–
127
,
150
,
155
Denisova Cave remains,
233
–
234
,
239
,
241
ending the collaboration,
128
Neanderthal bacterial library,
121
–
122
preliminary results,
116
Rudan, Pavao,
133
–
135
,
138
,
139
(fig.)
Sanger, Fred,
107
Sanger sequencing method,
107
–
108
,
110
Sarich, Vincent,
95
Schmitz, Ralf,
1
,
17
–
18
,
73
,
123
–
124
,
135
–
136
Denisova Cave findings,
236
DNA from animal droppings,
105
MHC gene variability,
224
Neanderthal genome paper,
164
–
165
,
216
–
218
Oetzi the Ice Man,
70
out-of-Africa model,
94
plant DNA,
56
potential contamination of data set,
150
pyrosequencing,
110
Rubin’s cloning paper,
122
Second-generation sequencing,
108
Sexual orientation,
36
–
37
,
88
–
89
Sexual reproduction
biological obstacles to,
172
–
173
comparing Neanderthal and modern human genomes,
182
–
183
Denisovans,
248
determining human origins,
42
genome analysis of modern humans and apes,
219
mtDNA contribution to modern humans,
96
social dominance patterns,
19
See also
Interbreeding
Silica extraction method,
55
Simons, Kai,
85
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP),
102
–
103
,
173
–
177
,
183
,
187
,
191
,
243
–
244
Skin, genetic changes in,
212
–
213
Slatkin, Montgomery “Monty,”
154
,
191
,
242
(fig.)
background,
171
comparing Denisova and modern genomes,
245
Denisova Cave remains,
241
Denisovan genome findings,
247
evidence of Neanderthal-modern human gene flow,
195
Sloths,
63
–
65
,
65
(fig.),
66
–
67
,
105
Soft tissue samples,
67
Staatlische Museen zu Berlin,
28
–
29
,
38
–
39
Stasi (East German secret police),
39
Stenzel, Udo,
147
(fig.),
162
,
169
comparing Denisova and Neanderthal genomes,
243
–
244
evidence of Neanderthal-modern human gene flow,
166
Stetter, Karl,
46
Stock, Günter,
134
Stoneking, Mark,
15
–
17
,
19
,
88
–
91
,
247
Sykes, Bryan,
70
Technology, changes over millennia,
208
Thomas, Kelley,
42
Thomas, Richard,
44
Thylacinus cynocephalus,
38
–
40
,
44
–
45
,
64
,
66
Translocated human mtDNA,
60
Transplantation antigens,
24
,
51
,
223
–
224
Tribal groups, genetic diversity in,
44
Trinkaus, Erik,
95
,
97
,
190
,
220
–
221
Turkana Boy,
4
Verna, Christine,
138
Vigilant, Linda,
41
,
88
–
91
,
163
–
164
,
201
Villablanca, Francis,
42
Vindija Cave and remains,
77
(fig.),
175
cannibalized remains,
131
–
132
,
131
(fig.)
cave-bear and human bones,
76
–
77
,
99
–
101
contamination of cave-bear DNA,
97
evidence of Neanderthal-modern human gene flow,
194
increasing the proportion of Neanderthal DNA,
146
–
151
Mezmaiskaya Cave Neanderthal remains,
79
obstacles to accessing the specimens,
129
–
130
,
132
–
133
,
137
Viola, Bence,
231
,
233
,
235
,
240
–
241
Vjesnik
newspaper,
138
von Willebrand factor gene (vWF),
102
,
106
Weapons,
198
Wilson, Allan,
13
–
15
,
19
–
20
,
34
–
35
,
37
–
38
,
40
–
41
,
51
,
88
,
94
–
95
,
188
Wired
magazine,
128
World Congress of Genetics (Berlin),
164
X chromosome data,
99
,
179
–
181
,
243
X-Woman Consortium,
241
–
243
,
245
–
246
Yeast,
58
Yoruba,
188
Young-earth creationists,
221
Zhai, Weiwei,
191
Zischler, Hans,
59