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A Y Chromosome Census of the British Isles
Capelli et al. found that different parts of the British Isles have sharply different paternal histories. An article from Current Biology.
http://www.current-biology.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0960982203003737
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BBC: Tanzania, Ethiopia Origin for Humans
Genetic studies have helped scientists identify the region of East Africa from where it is believed modern humans came.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2909803.stm
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BBC: Genetic 'Adam Never Met Eve'
Genetic studies suggest our most common paternal and maternal ancestors walked the planet more than 80,000 years apart.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/999030.stm
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English and Welsh are Races Apart
From the BBC, genetic research suggests the Welsh are the "true" Britons while the English evolved from Anglo-Saxon invaders from modern-day Holland.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/wales/2076470.stm
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Europe's Seven Female Founders
Article and links regarding new genetic research which shows that everyone in Europe is descended from just seven women. From BBC news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/719376.stm
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Genetic Survey of Wirral and West Lancashire
Professor Steve Harding of Nottingham University heads a team looking for evidence for Viking descendants in this part of Britain.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~sczsteve/survey.htm
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Human Population Genetics Laboratory
Located in the Department of Genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Includes personnel profiles, projects, and publications available in pdf format.
http://hpgl.stanford.edu/
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Imperial Cancer Research Fund Population Genetics Group
Provides information about the laboratory's work in population genetics. Includes CIL tools, staff details, and related links.
http://popgen.well.ox.ac.uk/
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Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics
Links to a series of papers available as extracts and for full text download, from the University of Southern California.
http://www-hto.usc.edu/papers/abstracts/lists/molecularEvolution.html
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National Geographic: Documentary Redraws Humans' Family Tree
Geneticist Spencer Wells claims that all humans alive today are descended from a single man who lived in Africa around 60,000 years ago, in the Journey of Man documentary.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1212_021213_journeyofman.html
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National Geographic: The Genographic Project
A 5-year study by The National Geographic Society, IBM, geneticist Spencer Wells, and the Waitt Family Foundation to compile a genetic atlas. Project outline and methods, how to participate, news, genetics overview and an interactive atlas of the human journey.
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
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Science Spectra: Why Y?
Neil Bradman and Mark Thomas look at the Y chromosome in the study of human evolution, migration and prehistory.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/tcga/ScienceSpectra-pages/SciSpect-14-98.html
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The Blood of the Vikings
For the BBC series 'Blood of the Vikings', University College London undertook a survey to uncover Viking genes in the British Isles. The BBC explain the techniques and show the results on a map.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/bloodofthevikings/genetics_results_01.shtml
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The Center for Genetic Anthropology, University College London
Pursues research on the evolution and migrations of human populations in north Africa, east Africa, the Near East, Asia and Europe. Profile of staff, research themes and presentations.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/tcga/
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The Human Genome Diversity Project
Stanford University describes this international project that seeks to understand the diversity and unity of the entire human species. Includes a summary of the purpose of the project and of the planning work done.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/morrinst/hgdp.html
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Y Chromosomes Rewrite British History
This article in Nature comments on the findings of Capelli et al. in their Y-chromosome census of the British Isles.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/030616/030616-15.html
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