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Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe.
Scientific reports - 22 Jul 2021
Rohrlach Adam B, Papac Luka, Childebayeva Ainash, Rivollat Maïté, Villalba-Mouco Vanessa, Neumann Gunnar U, Penske Sandra, Skourtanioti Eirini, van de Loosdrecht Marieke, Akar Murat, Boyadzhiev Kamen, Boyadzhiev Yavor, Deguilloux Marie-France, Dobeš Miroslav, Erdal Yilmaz S, Ernée Michal, Frangipane Marcella, Furmanek Mirosław, Friederich Susanne, Ghesquière Emmanuel, Hałuszko Agata, Hansen Svend, Küßner Mario, Mannino Marcello, Özbal Rana, Reinhold Sabine, Rottier Stéphane, Salazar-García Domingo Carlos, Diaz Jorge Soler, Stockhammer Philipp W, de Togores Muñoz Consuelo Roca, Yener K Aslihan, Posth Cosimo, Krause Johannes, Herbig Alexander, Haak Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Uniparentally-inherited markers on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the non-recombining regions of the Y chromosome (NRY), have been used for the past 30 years to investigate the history of humans from a maternal and paternal perspective. Researchers have preferred mtDNA due to its abundance in the cells, and comparatively high substitution rate. Conversely, the NRY is less susceptible to back mutations and...
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