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Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Populations Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA

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The evolutionary analysis of DNA sequences bridges phylogenetics and population genetics. Ancient DNA (aDNA) allows the study of extinct genotypes, populations, and species, as well as dichronic comparisons of extant populations and species. Thus aDNA forges an empirical link between history and two inherently historical fields of research. Fortunately, the conceptual frameworks of phylogenetics and population genetics can easily be extended to encompass advances being made in the study of aDNA.

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Villablanca, F.X. (1994). Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Populations Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA. In: Herrmann, B., Hummel, S. (eds) Ancient DNA. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4318-2_3

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