The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia
RATIONALE To elucidate the extent to which the major cultural transformations of farming,
pastoralism, and shifts in the distribution of languages in Eurasia were accompanied by …
pastoralism, and shifts in the distribution of languages in Eurasia were accompanied by …
Maternal ancestry and population history from whole mitochondrial genomes
T Kivisild - Investigative genetics, 2015 - Springer
MtDNA has been a widely used tool in human evolutionary and population genetic studies
over the past three decades. Its maternal inheritance and lack of recombination have offered …
over the past three decades. Its maternal inheritance and lack of recombination have offered …
Learning about human population history from ancient and modern genomes
M Stoneking, J Krause - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
Genome-wide data, both from SNP arrays and from complete genome sequencing, are
becoming increasingly abundant and are now even available from extinct hominins. These …
becoming increasingly abundant and are now even available from extinct hominins. These …
A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture
It is commonly thought that human genetic diversity in non-African populations was shaped
primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50–100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a …
primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50–100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a …
Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years
The origin of contemporary Europeans remains contentious. We obtained a genome
sequence from Kostenki 14 in European Russia dating from 38,700 to 36,200 years ago …
sequence from Kostenki 14 in European Russia dating from 38,700 to 36,200 years ago …
Genomic reconstruction of the history of extant populations of India reveals five distinct ancestral components and a complex structure
A Basu, N Sarkar-Roy… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
India, occupying the center stage of Paleolithic and Neolithic migrations, has been
underrepresented in genome-wide studies of variation. Systematic analysis of genome-wide …
underrepresented in genome-wide studies of variation. Systematic analysis of genome-wide …
Reconstructing the human genetic history of mainland Southeast Asia: insights from genome-wide data from Thailand and Laos
Thailand and Laos, located in the center of Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA), harbor diverse
ethnolinguistic groups encompassing all five language families of MSEA: Tai-Kadai (TK) …
ethnolinguistic groups encompassing all five language families of MSEA: Tai-Kadai (TK) …
Shared and unique components of human population structure and genome-wide signals of positive selection in South Asia
South Asia harbors one of the highest levels genetic diversity in Eurasia, which could be
interpreted as a result of its long-term large effective population size and of admixture during …
interpreted as a result of its long-term large effective population size and of admixture during …
Prehistoric human migration between Sundaland and South Asia was driven by sea-level rise
Rapid sea-level rise between the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the mid-Holocene
transformed the Southeast Asian coastal landscape, but the impact on human demography …
transformed the Southeast Asian coastal landscape, but the impact on human demography …
[HTML][HTML] Afghan Hindu Kush: where Eurasian sub-continent gene flows converge
J Di Cristofaro, E Pennarun, S Mazières, NM Myres… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Despite being located at the crossroads of Asia, genetics of the Afghanistan populations
have been largely overlooked. It is currently inhabited by five major ethnic populations …
have been largely overlooked. It is currently inhabited by five major ethnic populations …