Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Günther, Torsten ^a   Malmström, Helena ^a   Svensson, Emma M ^a   Omrak, Ayça ^b   Sánchez Quinto, Federico ^a   Kılınç, Gülşah M ^a,b,c   Krzewińska, Maja ^b   Eriksson, Gunilla ^b   Fraser, Magdalena ^a,d   Edlund, Hanna ^a   Munters, Arielle R ^a   Coutinho, Alexandra ^a   Simões, Luciana G ^a   Vicente, Mário ^a   Sjölander, Anders ^a   Jansen Sellevold, Berit ^e   Jørgensen, Roger ^f   Claes, Peter ^g   Shriver, Mark D ^h   Valdiosera, Cristina ⁱ   Netea, Mihai G ^j   Apel, Jan ^k   Lidén, Kerstin ^b,f   Skar, Birgitte ^l   Storå, Jan ^b   Götherström, Anders ^b,m   Jakobsson, Mattias ^a,m   more..

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^m SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATITUDE; MESOLITHIC; NORTHERN EUROPEAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PIGMENTATION; SCANDINAVIA; SEASHORE; ADAPTATION; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HISTORY; MALE; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TMEM131L PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METAGENOMICS; PIGMENTATION; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES;

EID: 85041326290     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003703     Document Type: Article

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