Evolutionary responses to a constructed niche: ancient Mesoamericans as a model of gene-culture coevolution.

Evolutionary responses to a constructed niche: ancient Mesoamericans as a model of gene-culture coevolution.

Culture and genetics rely on two distinct but not isolated transmission systems. Cultural processes may change the human selective environment and thereby affect which individuals survive and reproduce. Here, we evaluated whether the modes of subsistence in Native American populations and the freque...

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Main Authors: Tábita Hünemeier, Carlos Eduardo Guerra Amorim, Soledad Azevedo, Veronica Contini, Víctor Acuña-Alonzo, Francisco Rothhammer, Jean-Michel Dugoujon, Stephane Mazières, Ramiro Barrantes, María Teresa Villarreal-Molina, Vanessa Rodrigues Paixão-Côrtes, Francisco M Salzano, Samuel Canizales-Quinteros, Andres Ruiz-Linares, Maria Cátira Bortolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3380856?pdf=render

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