Ancient DNA Reveals Lack of Continuity between Neolithic Hunter-Gatherers and Contemporary Scandinavians

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1758-1762

  Malmström, Helena ^a,b   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^b   Thomas, Mark G ^c   Brandström, Mikael ^d   Storå, Jan ^e   Molnar, Petra ^e   Andersen, Pernille K ^f   Bendixen, Christian ^f   Holmlund, Gunilla ^g   Götherström, Anders ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^g National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA; EVOl_ECOL; HUMDISEASE

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SCANDINAVIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70350567737     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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