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Subdividing Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a1 reveals Norse Viking dispersal lineages in Britain.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Mar 2021
Lall Gurdeep Matharu, Larmuseau Maarten H D, Wetton Jon H, Batini Chiara, Hallast Pille, Huszar Tunde I, Zadik Daniel, Aase Sigurd, Baker Tina, Balaresque Patricia, Bodmer Walter, Børglum Anders D, de Knijff Peter, Dunn Hayley, Harding Stephen E, Løvvik Harald, Dupuy Berit Myhre, Pamjav Horolma, Tillmar Andreas O, Tomaszewski Maciej, Tyler-Smith Chris, Verdugo Marta Pereira, Winney Bruce, Vohra Pragya, Story Joanna, King Turi E, Jobling Mark A
Abstract excerpt
The influence of Viking-Age migrants to the British Isles is obvious in archaeological and place-names evidence, but their demographic impact has been unclear. Autosomal genetic analyses support Norse Viking contributions to parts of Britain, but show no signal corresponding to the Danelaw, the region under Scandinavian administrative control from the ninth to eleventh centuries. Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a1 has...
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