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Panmixia postponed: ancestry-related assortative mating in contemporary human populations
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* Corresponding author: Todd R Disotell todd.disotell@nyu.edu
Center for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, USA
Genome Biology 2009, 10:245 doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-11-245
Published: 27 November 2009Abstract
A study of two different populations reveals that in both the choice of a spouse is non-random not only in respect of broad ethnic group but also in regard to specific ancestries within that group. The cause of this surprising bias remains unclear.