Genetic discontinuity between local hunter-gatherers and central Europe's first farmers

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5949, 2009, Pages 137-140

  Bramanti, B ^a   Thomas, M G ^b   Haak, W ^a,m   Unterlaender, M ^a   Jores, P ^a   Tambets, K ^c   Antanaitis Jacobs, I ^d   Haidle, M N ^e   Jankauskas, R ^d   Kind, C J ^f   Lueth, F ^g   Terberger, T ^h   Hiller, J ^i,n   Matsumura, S ^j,k,o   Forster, P ^l   Burger, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^f Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart Landesamt für Denkmalpflege ^*  (Germany)

^g Römisch Germanische Kommission in Frankfurt am Main   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^k LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^l Cambridge Society for the Application of Research   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

ⁿ DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^o GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DOMESTICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUNTING; IMMIGRANT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEOLITHIC; SKELETON;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTICATION; EUROPE; FARMING SYSTEM; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SKELETON;

AGRICULTURE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349653632     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1176869     Document Type: Article

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