Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans

Nature

Volumn 553, Issue 7687, 2018, Pages 203-207

  Moreno Mayar, J Víctor ^a   Potter, Ben A ^b   Vinner, Lasse ^a   Steinrücken, Matthias ^c,d   Rasmussen, Simon ^e   Terhorst, Jonathan ^f,g   Kamm, John A ^f,h   Albrechtsen, Anders ⁱ   Malaspinas, Anna Sapfo ^a,j,k   Sikora, Martin ^a   Reuther, Joshua D ^b   Irish, Joel D ^l   Malhi, Ripan S ^m   Orlando, Ludovic ^a   Song, Yun S ^f,n,o   Nielsen, Rasmus ^a,f   Meltzer, David J ^a,p   Willerslev, Eske ^a,h,q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^k SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^l LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o CHAN ZUCKERBERG BIOHUB   (United States)

^p SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; HUMAN EVOLUTION; ICE SHEET; LAND BRIDGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCIENT BERINGIAN; ARTICLE; EAST ASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INUIT; KORYAK (PEOPLE); LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; NORTH AMERICA; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBERIAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; USR1 GENE; ALASKA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS; HISTORY; INFANT; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TIME FACTOR;

ALASKA; ASIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; FAR EAST; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; SIBERIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85040467287     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature25173     Document Type: Article

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