摘要
尼安德特人是现代人最近的旁支,也是化石资料最丰富的古人类。在现代人起源问题的争论中,尼安德特人对现代人是否有遗传贡献是一个焦点问题。文章综述了近年来关于尼安德特人线粒体基因组和核基因组的研究进展,初步研究表明尼安德特人可能对现代人有遗传贡献,这引发了人们对现代人起源问题的重新思考。藉尼人基因组研究经验进行的古人类基因组学研究将有望揭开现代人起源的谜团,并丰富进化生物学相关领域的理论体系。
Neandertal is our closest known relative and also an archaic hominid reserving the richest fossils. Whether the Neandertals exchanged their DNA with modem human or not is a matter of debate on the modem human origin. The progresses on the mitochondrial and nuclear gcnomes of Neandertals in recent years were reviewed in this paper. Recent study has revealed possible genetic contribution of Neandertals to the modem human to some extent, which arose the rethinking of modem human origin. The experiences gained in the research on Neandertals will benefit the study on archaic hominids, unravel the mystery of modem human origin, and enrich the relative theoretical systems in evolutionary biologi- cal field.
出处
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CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2012年第6期659-665,共7页
Hereditas（Beijing)
基金
河北师范大学第十批精品课程建设项目(编号:27)
第十一批校级教学改革研究项目(编号:25)资助
