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Population genomics of the Viking world
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The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (about AD 750-1050) was a far-flung transformation in world history1,2. Here we sequenced the genomes of 442 humans from archaeological sites across Europe and Greenland (to a median depth of about 1×) to understand the global influence of this expansion. We find the Viking period involved gene flow into Scandinavia from the south and east. We observe genetic structure within Scandinavia, with dive...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Journal:
- Nature More from this journal
- Volume:
- 585
- Issue:
- 7825
- Pages:
- 390-396
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2020-09-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-05-21
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-4687
- ISSN:
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0028-0836
- Pmid:
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32939067
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1133798
- Local pid:
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pubs:1133798
- Deposit date:
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2024-01-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Margaryan et al
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2020.
- Notes:
- An author correction to this article was published on 11 March 2021 at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03328-2
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