Pleistocene mitochondrial genomes suggest a single major dispersal of non-Africans and a Late Glacial population turnover in Europe

0485873 - ARÚB 2018 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Posth, C. - Renaud, G. - Mittnik, A. - Drucker, D. G. - Rougier, H. - Cupillard, Ch. - Valentin, F. - Thevenet, C. - Furtwängler, A. - Wissing, Ch. - Francken, M. - Malina, M. - Bolus, M. - Lari, M. - Gigli, E. - Capecchi, G. - Crevecoeur, I. - Beauval, C. - Flas, D. - Germonpré, M. - Plicht van der, J. - Cottiaux, R. - Gély, B. - Ronchitelli, A. - Wehrberger, K. - Grigorescu, D. - Svoboda, Jiří - Semal, P. - Caramelli, D. - Bocherens, H. - Harvati, K. - Conard, N. J. - Haak, W. - Powell, A. - Krause, J.
Pleistocene mitochondrial genomes suggest a single major dispersal of non-Africans and a Late Glacial population turnover in Europe.
Current Biology. Roč. 26, March 21 (2016), s. 827-833. ISSN 0960-9822. E-ISSN 1879-0445
Institutional support: RVO:68081758
Keywords : mitochondrial genome * Pleistocene * Europe
OECD category: Archaeology
Impact factor: 8.851, year: 2016

We analysed 55 complete human mitochondrial genomes of hunter-gatherers spanning 35.000 years of European prehistory. Demographic modeling not only indicates an LGM genetic bottleneck, but also provides surprising evidence of a major population turnover around 14.500 years ago.
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