Tracing the genetic origin of Europe’s first farmers reveals insights into their social organization

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1805, 2015, Pages

  Szécsényi Nagy, Anna ^a,b   Brandt, Guido ^a   Haak, Wolfgang ^c   Keerl, Victoria ^a   Jakucs, János ^b   Möller Rieker, Sabine ^a   Köhler, Kitti ^b   Mende, Balázs Gusztáv ^b   Oross, Krisztián ^b   Marton, Tibor ^b   Osztás, Anett ^b   Kiss, Viktória ^b   Fecher, Marc ^a   Pálfi, György ^d   Molnár, Erika ^d   Sebők, Katalin ^e   Czene, András ^f   Paluch, Tibor ^g   Šlaus, Mario ^h   Novak, Mario ⁱ   Pećina Šlaus, Nives ^j   Ősz, Brigitta ^k   Voicsek, Vanda ^k   Somogyi, Krisztina ^e   Tóth, Gábor ^l   Kromer, Bernd ^m   Bánffy, Eszter ^b,n   Alt, Kurt W ^a,o,p   more..

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f Salisbury Archaeological Ltd   (Hungary)

^g Móra Ferenc Museum of Szeged   (Hungary)

^h CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^k National Heritage Protection Centre of the Hungarian National Museum   (Hungary)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^m University of Tübingen and Curt Engelhorn Zentrum Archäometrie   (Germany)

ⁿ GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^p Austria   (Austria)

more..

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Carpathian Basin; Central Europe; Mitochondrial DNA; Neolithization; Y chromosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANCESTRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEOLITHIC; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; CAUCASUS; HUNGARY;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; Y CHROMOSOME;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FARMERS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84946888114     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0339     Document Type: Article

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