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Ancient genomes from Iceland reveal the making of a human population.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2018
Ebenesersdóttir S Sunna, Sandoval-Velasco Marcela, Gunnarsdóttir Ellen D, Jagadeesan Anuradha, Guðmundsdóttir Valdís B, Thordardóttir Elísabet L, Einarsdóttir Margrét S, Moore Kristjan H S, Sigurðsson Ásgeir, Magnúsdóttir Droplaug N, Jónsson Hákon, Snorradóttir Steinunn, Hovig Eivind, Møller Pål, Kockum Ingrid, Olsson Tomas, Alfredsson Lars, Hansen Thomas F, Werge Thomas, Cavalleri Gianpiero L, Gilbert Edmund, Lalueza-Fox Carles, Walser Joe W, Kristjánsdóttir Steinunn, Gopalakrishnan Shyam, Árnadóttir Lilja, Magnússon Ólafur Þ, Gilbert M Thomas P, Stefánsson Kári, Helgason Agnar
Abstract excerpt
Opportunities to directly study the founding of a human population and its subsequent evolutionary history are rare. Using genome sequence data from 27 ancient Icelanders, we demonstrate that they are a combination of Norse, Gaelic, and admixed individuals. We further show that these ancient Icelanders are markedly more similar to their source populations in Scandinavia and the British-Irish Isles than to...
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