Scientific Focus
Research Interests
My research is dedicated to the study of the origin of modern humans and their evolutionary history by using genetic markers. Presently, the laboratory is concentrating on the study of Y chromosomes. My personal interest has also been dedicated for a long time to a multidisciplinary approach to human evolution, including demography, archeology, linguistics, anthropology, surnames, and to the interactions of genetic and cultural evolution.
Publications
- Polarity and temporality of high-resolution y-chromosome distributions in India identify both indigenous and exogenous expansions and reveal minor genetic influence of Central Asian pastoralists. Am J Hum Genet. 2006; (2): 202-21
- The role of selection in the evolution of human mitochondrial genomes. Genetics. 2006; (1): 373-87
- The Human Genome Diversity Project: past, present and future. Nat Rev Genet. 2005; (4): 333-40
- Fisher's theorems for multivariable, time- and space-dependent systems, with applications in population genetics and chemical kinetics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005; (28): 9848-53
- Support from the relationship of genetic and geographic distance in human populations for a serial founder effect originating in Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005; (44): 15942-7
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