Ancient DNA Analysis of 8000 B.C. Near Eastern Farmers Supports an Early Neolithic Pioneer Maritime Colonization of Mainland Europe through Cyprus and the Aegean Islands

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Fernández, Eva ^a,b   Pérez Pérez, Alejandro ^c   Gamba, Cristina ^b   Prats, Eva ^d   Cuesta, Pedro ^b   Anfruns, Josep ^e   Molist, Miquel ^e   Arroyo Pardo, Eduardo ^b   Turbón, Daniel ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AEGEAN ISLAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOLITHIC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKELETON; AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HISTORY; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; CYPRUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKELETON;

EID: 84903467051     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004401     Document Type: Article

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