Patterns of gene flow inferred from genetic distances in the Mediterranean region

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-415

  Simoni, Lucia ^a   Gueresi, Paola ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a   Barbujani, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Gene flow; Genetic boundaries; Isolation; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033152046     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Aguirre, A., A. Vicario, L.I. Mazòn et al. 1991. Are the Basques a single and unique population? Am. J. Hum. Genet. 49:450-458.
2. Ammerman, A.J., and L.L. Cavalli-Sforza. 1984. The Neolithic Transition and the Genetics of Population in Europe. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
3. Arnaiz-Villena, A., D. Benmamar, M. Alvarez et al. 1995. HLA allele and haplotype frequencies in Algerians: Relatedness to Spaniards and Basques. Hum, Immunol. 43:259-268.
4. Barbujani, G. 1987. Autocorrelation of gene frequencies under isolation by distance. Genetics 117:777-786.
5. Barbujani, G., and A. Pilastro. 1993. Genetic evidence on origin and dispersal of human populations speaking languages of the Nostratic macrofamily. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:4670-4673.
6. Barbujani, G., and R.R. Sokal. 1990. Zones of sharp genetic change in Europe are also linguistic boundaries. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:1816-1819.
7. Barbujani, G., G. Bertorelle, and L. Chikhi. 1998. Evidence for Paleolithic and Neolithic gene flow in Europe. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 62:488-491.
8. Barbujani, G., N.L. Oden, and R.R. Sokal. 1989. Detecting regions of abrupt change in maps of biological variables. Syst. Zool. 38:376-389.
9. Barbujani, G., A. Pilastro, S. De Domenico et al. 1994. Genetic variation in north Africa and Eurasia: Neolithic demie diffusion vs. Paleolithic colonization. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 95:137-154.
10. Bertranpetit, J., and L.L. Cavalli-Sforza. 1991. A genetic reconstruction of the history of the population of the Iberian peninsula. Ann. Hum. Genet. 55:51-67.
11. Bertranpetit, J., F. Calafell, D. Comas et al. 1996. Mitochondrial DNA sequences in Europe: An insight into population history. In Molecular Biology and Human Diversity, A.J. Boyce and C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor, eds. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 112-129.
12. Bertranpetit, J., J. Sala, F. Calafell et al. 1995. Human mitochondrial DNA variation and the origin of Basques. Ann. Hum. Genet. 59:63-91.
13. Bosch, E., F. Calafell, A. Perez-Lezaun et al. 1997. Population history of North Africa: Evidence from classical genetic markers. Hum. Biol. 69:295-311.
14. Brassel, K.E., and D. Reif. 1979. A procedure to generate Thiessen polygons. Geogr. Anal. 11:289-303.
15. Brega, A., R. Scozzari, L. Maccioni et al. 1986. Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in Italy. I. Population data from Sardinia and Rome. Ann. Hum. Genet. 50:327-338.
16. Calafell, F., and J. Bertranpetit. 1994a. Mountains and genes: Population history of the Pyrenees. Hum. Biol. 66:823-842.
17. Calafell, F., and J. Bertranpetit. 1994b. Principal component analysis of gene frequencies and the origin of Basques. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 93:201-215.
18. Cavalli-Sforza, L.L., P. Menozzi, and A. Piazza. 1994. The History and Geography of Human Genes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
19. Cavalli-Sforza, L.L., A. Piazza, P. Menozzi et al. 1988. Reconstruction of human evolution: Bringing together genetic, archeological, and linguistic data. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:6002-6006.
20. Ferembach, D. 1976. Les restes humains Atériens de Témara (Campagne 1975). Bull. Mem. Soc. Anthropol. Paris 3:131-136.
21. Jorde, L.B. 1985. Human genetic distance studies: Present status and future prospects. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 14:343-373.
22. Livshits, G., R.R. Sokal, and E. Kobyliansky. 1991. Genetic affinities of Jewish populations. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 49:131-146.
23. Loftus, R.T., D.E. Machugh, D.G. Bradley Sharp et al. 1994. Evidence for two independent domestications of cattle. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 91:2757-2761.
24. MacHugh, D.E., M.D. Shriver, R.T. Loftus et al. 1997. Microsatellite DNA variation and the evolution, domestication, and phylogeography of taurine and zebu cattle (Bos taurus and Bos indicus). Genetics 146:1071-1086.
25. Menozzi, P., A. Piazza, and L.L. Cavalli-Sforza. 1978. Synthetic maps of human gene frequencies in Europeans. Science 201:786-792.
26. Monmonier, M.S. 1973. Maximum-difference barriers: An alternative numerical realization method. Geogr. Anal 3:245-261.
27. Murdock, G.P. 1959. Africa: Its Peoples and Their Culture History. New York: McGraw-Hill.
28. Nei, M. 1972. Genetic distance between populations. Am. Natur. 106:283-292.
29. Piazza, A., S. Rendine, E. Minch et al. 1995. Genetics and the origin of European languages. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 92:5836-5840.
30. Prevosti, A., J. Ocaña, and G. Alonso. 1975. Distances between populations of Drosophila suboscura based on chromosome arrangement frequencies. Theor. Appl. Genet. 45:231-241.
31. Renfrew, C. 1987. Archeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins. London, England: Jonathan Cape.
32. Renfrew, C. 1991. Before Babel: Speculations on the origins of linguistic diversity. Cambridge Archaeol. J. 1:3-23.
33. Richards, M., V. Macaulay, B. Sykes et al. 1997. Paleolithic and Neolithic lineages in European mitochondrial gene pool. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 61:247-251.
34. Rohlf, F.J. 1989. NTSYS-pc: A Numerical Taxonomy and Multivariate Analysis System. Setauket, NY: Exeter.
35. Ruhlen, M. 1991. A Guide to the World's Languages, v. 1, Classification, 2d ed. London, England: Edward Arnold.
36. Sajantila, A., P. Lahermo, T. Anttinen et al. 1995. Genes and languages in Europe: An analysis of mitochondrial lineages. Genome Res. 5:42-52.
37. Schwidetzky, I. 1974. Rassengeschichte der Menschheit 2: Europa, I. Munich, Germany: R. Oldenbourg Verlag.
38. Schwidetzky, I. 1975. Rassengeschichte der Menschheit 3: Africa, I. Munich, Germany: R. Oldenbourg Verlag.
39. Sokal, R.R. 1988. Genetic, geographic, and linguistic distances in Europe. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:1722-1726.
40. Sokal, R.R. 1991. Ancient movement patterns determine modern genetic variances in Europe. Hum. Biol. 63:589-606.
41. Sokal, R.R., and N.L. Oden. 1978a. Spatial autocorrelation in biology. 1. Methodology. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 10:199-228.
42. Sokal, R.R., and N.L. Oden. 1978b. Spatial autocorrelation in biology. 2. Some biological implications and four applications of evolutionary and ecological interest. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 10:229-249.
43. Sokal, R.R., R.M. Harding, and N.L. Oden. 1989. Spatial patterns of human gene frequencies in Europe. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 80:267-294.
44. Stenico, M., L. Nigro, and G. Barbujani. 1998. Mitochondrial lineages in Ladin-speaking communities of the eastern Alps. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., ser. B, 265:1-7.
45. Stringer, C.B. 1989. The origin of early modern humans: A comparison of the European and non-European evidence. In The Human Revolution: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans, P. Mellars and C.B. Stringer, eds. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 232-244.
46. Triantaphyllidis, C. n.d. The Genetic Composition of the Inhabitants of Greece. Thessaloniki, Greece: Medical Association of Thessaloniki.
47. Valladas, H., J.L. Reyss, J.L. Joron et al. 1988. Thermoluminescence dating of Mousterian "Proto-Cro-Magnon" remains from Israel and the origin of modern man. Nature 331:614-616.