part 3: human genetics and evolution - harvard university
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Part 3: Human Genetics and Evolution
Elizabeth Brown
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How Evolution Generates
“Endless Forms, Most Beautiful”Part 3: Human Genetics and Evolution
Marc Presler
Peter Yang
Elizabeth Brown
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons, User: Holek
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“Endless Forms, Most Beautiful”
Photo Credit Georges Biard
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Natural Selection
and Human Evolution
Common Ancestor (6 million years ago)
Human“Common”chimpanzee
Bonobo
(2 million years ago)
Photo Credit IkiwanerPhoto Credit USAID Photo Credit Public Domain
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Natural Selection
and Human Evolution
3,000,000,000 positions * 1% =
30,000,000 differences
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Questions?
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Mystery: Natural Selection
in Human Evolution
Itan et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010
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Pastoralism!
Alvan Fisher, Pastoral Landscape, 1854 Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid,
1657–1658
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Pastoralism and
Milk-Drinking!• Infants drink mother’s milk:
• Milk contains a sugar, lactose
Photo Credit Ikiwaner
lactase
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Pastoralism and
Milk-Drinking!
DNA
lactaseON
Photo Credit Sabrina, Wikipedia
Milk + Baby = Happy
Baby
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Photo Credit
fda.gov
Pastoralism and
Milk-Drinking!
DNA
lactaseON
Milk + Baby = Happy
Baby
Milk + Adult = Unhappy
Adult DNA
lactaseOFF
Photo Credit Elizabeth
Cromwell, Wikipedia
Photo Credit Sabrina, Wikipedia
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Pastoralism and
Milk-Drinking!
DNA
lactaseON
DNA
lactaseON
Photo Credit
Public Domain
Photo Credit Sabrina, Wikipedia
Milk + Baby = Happy
Baby
Milk + Adult = Happy Adult
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Frequency of “Lactase Persistence”—the ability to digest lactose
Open Source: Itan et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010
Everyone
is Lactase
Persistent
Almost
Nobody is
Lactase
Persistent
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Milk-Drinking Adaptation
• New mutation ( ) in the genome
• Lactase persistence
DNA
lactaseON
Photo Credit
Public Domain
Photo Credit
fda.gov
Photo Credit
Public Domain
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Milk-Drinking Adaptation
• New mutation in the genome
• Lactase Persistence
• Increased survival and
reproduction
• Mutation spread quickly
throughout the population
• Strong positive selection
Populations adapted to drinking
milk
DNA
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
Popula
tion
Popula
tion
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Questions?
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Milk-Drinking Adaptation:
Paedomorphosis?
Photo Credit Public Domain
Photo Credit Sabrina, Wikipedia
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Solving the Mystery:
Milk-Drinking Adaptation
Adaptation
Functional Impact
Beneficial to survival,
reproduction
Genetic “Signature”of Selection
Genetic Variation
(Mutation)
DNA
DNA
lactase
lactase
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
Photo Credit
fda.gov
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Natural Selection
in Human Evolution
Itan et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010
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How Evolution Generates
‘Endless Forms, Most Beautiful’
Photo Credit cdc.gov
Photo Credit
Martha de Jong-
Lantink on Flickr
Photo Credit
San Diego Shooter on
Flickr
Photo Credit mikebaird on
Flickr
Photo Credit Dawn, Wikipedia
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Thank you!SITN would like to acknowledge the following
organizations for their generous support.
Harvard Medical SchoolOffice of Communications and External Relations
Division of Medical Sciences
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)
The Harvard Graduate Student Council (GSC)
The Harvard Biomedical Graduate Students Organization (BGSO)
The Harvard/MIT COOP
Special thanks to our lecture coordinator, Kelsey Taylor.