A statistical test that supports a human/chimpanzee clade based on noncoding DNA sequence data |
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Authors: | Williams SA; Goodman M |
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Affiliation: | Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202. |
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Abstract: | Using the aligned DNA sequence data of Miyamoto et al. and Maeda et al.,
all noncoding genetic material, and a simple statistical test, we show that
a Homo/Pan clade is supported at approximately the 3% level of
significance. The method accommodates polymorphism and different
evolutionary rates for different sites. All assumptions on which the
statistical study is based are made explicit. (See the Note added in proof,
which--adding recently published data--improves the significance level to
about 1%.
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