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Y-chromosomal diversity in Europe is clinal and influenced primarily by geography, rather than by language.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2000
Rosser Z H, Zerjal T, Hurles M E, Adojaan M, Alavantic D, Amorim A, Amos W, Armenteros M, Arroyo E, Barbujani G, Beckman G, Beckman L, Bertranpetit J, Bosch E, Bradley D G, Brede G, Cooper G, Côrte-Real H B, de Knijff P, Decorte R, Dubrova Y E, Evgrafov O, Gilissen A, Glisic S, Gölge M, Hill E W, Jeziorowska A, Kalaydjieva L, Kayser M, Kivisild T, Kravchenko S A, Krumina A, Kucinskas V, Lavinha J, Livshits L A, Malaspina P, Maria S, McElreavey K, Meitinger T A, Mikelsaar A V, Mitchell R J, Nafa K, Nicholson J, Nørby S, Pandya A, Parik J, Patsalis P C, Pereira L, Peterlin B, Pielberg G, Prata M J, Previderé C, Roewer L, Rootsi S, Rubinsztein D C, Saillard J, Santos F R, Stefanescu G, Sykes B C, Tolun A, Villems R, Tyler-Smith C, Jobling M A
Abstract excerpt
Clinal patterns of autosomal genetic diversity within Europe have been interpreted in previous studies in terms of a Neolithic demic diffusion model for the spread of agriculture; in contrast, studies using mtDNA have traced many founding lineages to the Paleolithic and have not shown strongly clinal variation. We have used 11 human Y-chromosomal biallelic polymorphisms, defining 10 haplogroups, to analyze a...
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