A predominantly neolithic origin for European paternal lineages.
| Autor: | Patricia Balaresque, Georgina R Bowden, Susan M Adams, Ho-Yee Leung, Turi E King, Zoë H Rosser, Jane Goodwin, Jean-Paul Moisan, Christelle Richard, Ann Millward, Andrew G Demaine, Guido Barbujani, Carlo Previderè, Ian J Wilson, Chris Tyler-Smith, Mark A Jobling |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | PLoS Biology, Vol 8, Iss 1, p e1000285 (2010) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1544-9173 1545-7885 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000285 |
| Popis: | The relative contributions to modern European populations of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers from the Near East have been intensely debated. Haplogroup R1b1b2 (R-M269) is the commonest European Y-chromosomal lineage, increasing in frequency from east to west, and carried by 110 million European men. Previous studies suggested a Paleolithic origin, but here we show that the geographical distribution of its microsatellite diversity is best explained by spread from a single source in the Near East via Anatolia during the Neolithic. Taken with evidence on the origins of other haplogroups, this indicates that most European Y chromosomes originate in the Neolithic expansion. This reinterpretation makes Europe a prime example of how technological and cultural change is linked with the expansion of a Y-chromosomal lineage, and the contrast of this pattern with that shown by maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA suggests a unique role for males in the transition. |
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