Modern humans dispersed from southern Africa?

2025 · doi:10.1101/2025.07.15.664985
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This withdrawn manuscript assessed modern human dispersal from southern Africa using X-chromosomal diversity metrics based on heterozygosity calculated in XY individuals. The author states that this analytical choice was incorrect and that X-chromosomal heterozygosity should instead have been calculated using XX individuals, requiring that all results and conclusions related to X-chromosomal heterozygosity be discarded. The paper is therefore withdrawn and asks not to be cited as a reference for the project. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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Withdrawal Statement The author has withdrawn this manuscript because analysis with X-chromosomal diversity used the heterozygosity of XY individuals. That was incorrect; analysis should have, instead, used the heterozygosity of XX individuals. All results/conclusions with respect to X-chromosomal heterozygosity should be discarded (the author may submit a revised manuscript at some point). Therefore, the author does not wish this work to be cited as reference for the project. If you have any questions, please contact the corresponding author.
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Withdrawal Statement The author has withdrawn this manuscript because analysis with X-chromosomal diversity used the heterozygosity of XY individuals. That was incorrect; analysis should have, instead, used the heterozygosity of XX individuals. All results/conclusions with respect to X-chromosomal heterozygosity should be discarded (the author may submit a revised manuscript at some point). Therefore, the author does not wish this work to be cited as reference for the project. If you have any questions, please contact the corresponding author. Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Copyright The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY 4.0 International license.

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