The Genetic Diversification of Human Populations, Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

In the last 70,000 years, modern humans have dispersed to most regions of the world. Along with this dispersal, their genomes have diversified under various mechanisms, which warrants further investigation and analysis in order to reveal the history of human evolution as well as future developments.

The genetic diversification of human populations is an extensive topic addressing the origin and genetic structure of populations both historically and in the present day, as well adaptation, selection, phenomic association, and other relevant aspects. Interest in this topic began in the mid-1900s, and was represented by the works of Luca Cavalisforza, etc. Research soon revealed the genetic diversity of the classical markers that exist among world populations. In 1987, the discovery of mitochondrial Eva initiated the phylogeny research of human genetic markers. The most outstanding findings regarding population history and relationships were contributed by Y-chromosome phylogenetic studies, which are strongly related to the long history of patriarchy. After the Human Genomic Project, additional studies on whole genomes have revealed much information that was previously overlooked by our history records. Furthermore, in the last two decades, developments in ancient DNA analyses have provided an increasingly clear view of human evolution. The evaluation of the diversities in human genomes and phenomes is ongoing, and it is allowing us to continue research in this direction.

This Special Issue will collect reviews and original contributions regarding the whole-genome diversity of the world population, Y chromosome resequencing and high-resolution phylogeny, ancient DNA studies, phenomic-related genetic diversity, and other studies about the genetic diversity of human populations.

Prof. Dr. Hui Li
Guest Editor

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• human populations
• genome diversity
• ancient DNA
• genetic diversity
• Y chromosome resequencing
• high-resolution phylogeny