tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post3198839979443810519..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Evolution equally efficient in removing deleterious variants in Europeans and West AfricansDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-30505289448511606722014-02-23T11:05:23.424+02:002014-02-23T11:05:23.424+02:00The comment above made me think about this: Based ...The comment above made me think about this: Based on the recent evidence that modern human & Neanderthal hybrids suffered from reduced fertility and male humans might have been sterile, two questions that I think should be asked are that what relationship the fact that late Denisovans were hybrids (having mixed with both their Neanderthal cousins and that unknown species) had with their higher rate of mutations and observed decrease in population? So, could the decrease in population point towards these hybridization events?Raimo Kangasniemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317328563337885584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-30791922458057738012014-02-23T05:25:46.566+02:002014-02-23T05:25:46.566+02:00We have what, two denisovan samples? Or is it stil...We have what, two denisovan samples? Or is it still only one? From an extremely inbred family. I don't think we can say that the denisovans as a species had a higher or lower level of retained deleterious mutations. Tom Bridgelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098048586042365606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-53210531272125059862014-02-21T16:56:46.036+02:002014-02-21T16:56:46.036+02:00Couldn't the higher rate of non-synonymous mut...Couldn't the higher rate of non-synonymous mutations in the Denisovan genome be from their admixture with the unidentified archaic species?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756776337450470436noreply@blogger.com