| Scientific Studies/Papers
The birth of population genetics began with the scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals. The mother of these studies is "Mitochrondrial DNA and Human Evolution" by Rebecca L. Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan C. Wilson, published in 1987. It was the first published population genetics study and sparked the revolution to bring us where we are today. Why? Why would I want to read a scientific paper? Scientific studies provide further reading and data to learn about your ancestral origins. Example: The Azores Islands were colonized by the Portuguese in the 1400's. Thanks to surviving and preserved Catholic Church registries, many Azoreans can trace their heritage to the beginning of colonization, but not beyond. By comparing Azorean Y-chromosome DNA results to those on mainland Portugal as published in "Micro-Phylogeographic and Demographic History of Portuguese Male Lineages" by S. Beleza, et al. (Need Microsoft Excel or Open Office to view spreadsheet data) genetic links to regions of origin may be found. Where? Where can I find
published studies? Where can I browse published studies? Subscribe to ISOGG's DNA-NEWBIE
Yahoo forum, click on "Links" in the left column, scroll down
and click "Scientific Studies". Studies are sorted in
folders by category. Also try searching Archaeogenetic's
Library. How? How do I read a scientific study? This answer depends upon you. For
some, the technical jargon of a scientific study may be easy to
understand, while for others, it may be a struggle. Some advice for those
for whom it is a struggle; read through the paper multiple times, as the
information may eventually begin to be absorbed like osmosis. Skip reading the parts you do
not understand or that are not relevant to what knowledge you are trying
to gain. For example, although not really necessary for you to absorb the
anti-contamination methods employed, it is important for scientists to
include it, but not important for most to retain that information, so skip
it. Practice reading an easy-to-understand study first, like "Mitochondrial
DNA Analysis of the Presumptive Remains of Jesse James". Another
suggestion for those having difficulty with scientific papers is to read
the Abstract and the Results/Conclusion, then try the rest. Readers
may also find JoGG
an easier read in addition to being personally beneficial for their genetic genealogy
studies. The more scientific studies you read and accumulate, the more you will find the need to organize them for later reference. Following is a compilation of free and for-a-fee organizational tools. Online citeulike - FREE Mac OS Endnote - $ iPapers - $ JabRef - Bibliography reference manager - FREE Papers
- $ PC JabRef - Bibliography reference manager - FREE Endnote - $ Zotero - (Firefox browser only) - FREE References: 1PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. Copyright ©
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