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Biogeography is the study of the spatial distribution of the earth's biota, both in the present and the past. Traditionally, biogeographical studies have relied on a combination of surveys of existing populations, fossil evidence, and the geological record of the earth. However, with the advent of relatively inexpensive methods of DNA sequencing, it is now possible to use information concerning the genetic relatedness of individuals in populations to address questions about how those populations came to be where they are today. For example, biogeographical studies of HIV-I provide strong support for the hypothesis that this virus arose in Africa through a host switch from chimpanzees to humans and only began to spread to human populations located on other continents some 60 to 70 years ago (Sharp & Hahn, 2010).
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- Bayesian Biogeographical Analyses with Beast: Assessment Using Simulated Data
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- Zheng, Wenyu (Author)
- Taylor, Jesse (Thesis director)
- Escalante, Ananias (Committee member)
- Thieme, Horst (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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2015-05
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