Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Martiniano, Rui ^a   Caffell, Anwen ^b,c   Holst, Malin ^b,d   Hunter Mann, Kurt ^e   Montgomery, Janet ^c   Müldner, Gundula ^f   McLaughlin, Russell L ^a   Teasdale, Matthew D ^a   Van Rheenen, Wouter ^g   Veldink, Jan H ^g   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^g   Hardiman, Orla ^a   Carroll, Maureen ^h   Roskams, Steve ^d   Oxley, John ⁱ   Morgan, Colleen ^d   Thomas, Mark G ^j   Barnes, Ian ^k   McDonnell, Christine ^e   Collins, Matthew J ^d   Bradley, Daniel G ^a   more..

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b YORK OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ City of York Council   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CEMETERY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENOMICS; IRON AGE; MIGRATION; SKELETON;

GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON AGE; MIDDLE EAST; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SKELETON; UNITED KINGDOM; CAUCASIAN; GENOMICS; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; YORKSHIRE;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84955161817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10326     Document Type: Article

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