Ancestry of modern Europeans: Contributions of ancient DNA

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2473-2487

  Lacan, Marie ^a,b   Keyser, Christine ^a,b   Crubézy, Eric ^a   Ludes, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

Author keywords

European prehistory; Neanderthal; Neolithic transition; Paleogenetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIQUITY; AUTOSOME; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; NEANDERTHALS; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84879606286     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1180-5     Document Type: Review

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