Ancient genomes from Iceland reveal the making of a human population

Science

Volumn 360, Issue 6392, 2018, Pages 1028-1032

  Sunna Ebenesersdottir S ^a,b   Sandoval Velasco, Marcela ^c   Gunnarsdóttir, Ellen D ^a,b   Jagadeesan, Anuradha ^a,b   Guðmundsdóttir, Valdís B ^a,b   Thordardóttir, Elísabet L ^a,b   Einarsdóttir, Margrét S ^a,b   Moore, Kristjan H S ^a   Sigurðsson, Ásgeir ^a   Magnúsdóttir, Droplaug N ^a   Jónsson, Hákon ^a   Snorradóttir, Steinunn ^a   Hovig, Eivind ^d,e   Møller, Pål ^d,f   Kockum, Ingrid ^g   Olsson, Tomas ^g   Alfredsson, Lars ^g   Hansen, Thomas F ^h,i   Werge, Thomas ^h,j,k   Cavalleri, Gianpiero L ^l   Gilbert, Edmund ^l   Lalueza Fox, Carles ^m   Walser, Joe W ^b,n   Kristjánsdóttir, Steinunn ^b,n   Gopalakrishnan, Shyam ^c   Arnadóttir, Lilja ⁿ   Magnússon, Ólafur Þ ^a   Thomas Gilbert, M P ^c,o   Stefánsson, Kári ^a,b   Helgason, Agnar ^a,b   more..

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h Institute of Biological Psychiatry   (Denmark)

ⁱ Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^l ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^m INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

ⁿ Pjoominjasafn Islands   (Iceland)

^o NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE;

ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; BRITISH CITIZEN; DIPLOIDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOIDY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; IMMIGRATION; IRISH (CITIZEN); MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCANDINAVIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

ICELAND; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, ANCIENT; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE POOL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION;

EID: 85048183500     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar2625     Document Type: Article

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