A PhD-student position in human population genomics is available at the Evolutionary biology center, Uppsala University. Starting date as soon as possible or as agreed upon.
Project description: Modern humans originated in Africa, although the process by which modern humans arose has been vigorously debated. The greatest genetic variation has consistently been identified within African populations and variation outside of Africa has been shown to be mainly a subset of the African diversity with potential small contributions from archaic forms of humans. Human migration and the exodus from Africa some 70,000 years ago are closely tied with east Africa because the traditionally favored model of the migratory route out of Africa for anatomically modern humans runs through east Africa. Furthermore, the oldest fossils of anatomically modern humans have been found in east Africa.
This project focuses on deciphering the population history and patterns of genetic variation among east African populations, which today display substantial ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity. The successful candidate will use large-scale population genomic data from multiple of east African populations to understand the history of human occupation of eastern Africa.
PhD position in human population genomics
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2012-12-25, 00:00
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2025-09-29, 17:00
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Catan Andreea Corina
