Journal article
The peopling of Europe and the cautionary tale of Y chromosome lineage R-M269
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Recently, the debate on the origins of the major European Y chromosome haplogroup R1b1b2-M269 has reignited, and opinion has moved away from Palaeolithic origins to the notion of a younger Neolithic spread of these chromosomes from the Near East. Here, we address this debate by investigating frequency patterns and diversity in the largest collection of R1b1b2-M269 chromosomes yet assembled. Our analysis reveals no geographical trends in diversity, in contradiction to expectation under the Neo...
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- Journal:
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Volume:
- 279
- Issue:
- 1730
- Pages:
- 884-892
- Publication date:
- 2012-03-07
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-2970
- ISSN:
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0962-8452
- Source identifiers:
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343150
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:343150
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- 2012
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