Palaeogenetic evidence supports a dual model of Neolithic spreading into Europe

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1622, 2007, Pages 2161-2167

  Sampietro, M L ^a   Lao, O ^b   Caramelli, D ^c   Lari, M ^c   Pou, R ^d   Marti M ^d   Bertranpetit, J ^a   Lalueza Fox, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Museu d'Arqueologia de Granollers   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Demic diffusion; mtDNA; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEOLITHIC; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HISTORY; HUMAN; NEOLITHIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548009622     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0465     Document Type: Article

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