Congruent distribution of Neolithic painted pottery and ceramic figurines with Y-chromosome lineages

King, Roy; Underhill, Peter A.

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00091158

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“…The HERV-K loci investigated provide patterns of genetic relatedness that are consistent not only with other traditional marker systems but also with reported historical and biogeographical data (Nei and Roychoudhury 1974;Cavalli-Sforza et al 1994;Hammer et al 2000;King and Underhill 2002;Cinnioglu et al 2004;Semino et al 2004). …”

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confidence: 85%

Ancient retroviral insertions among human populations

et al. 2006

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Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) represent vestiges of ancient infections that resulted in stable integration of the viral genome. These insertional elements of viral origin are in fact molecular fossils and, as such, a source of evolutionary information. A family of HERV insertions designated HERV-K includes members that are still polymorphic for the original insertional event. The goal of this report is to describe a novel genetic marker system based on polymorphic retroviral insertions (PRVIs) and to assess its potential usefulness in human population genetic analyses. The allelic frequencies of four insertionally polymorphic HERV-K loci were analyzed in nine geographically targeted, worldwide populations. A polymerase chain reaction assay was employed to examine the frequencies of the provirus and/or solo long terminal repeat insertions at these four loci. Several statistical and phylogenetic analyses were performed based on the frequency data. The phylogenetic relationships observed among the nine populations based on the four retroviral HERV-K loci are consistent not only with prior genetic analyses with other traditional marker systems but also with reported historical and biogeographical data. These polymorphic endogenous retroviral sequences display features that make them excellent tools for forensic and population genetic studies.

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confidence: 85%

Ancient retroviral insertions among human populations

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“…Hg R1*(xR1a) reach high frequencies in Iberia and west European populations, 10 whereas J*(xJ2)/J2 and E3*(xE3a) have a low incidence and, in turn, are related to populations from the Near East and Northwest Africa, respectively. Hg G, which together with groups J and E are related to the genetic influence from Near East during the Neolithic, 10,47 does not play an important role in the clustering of these populations. genes.…”

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confidence: 89%

Reduced genetic structure of the Iberian peninsula revealed by Y-chromosome analysis: implications for population demography

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Europe has been influenced by both intra-and intercontinental migrations. Since the Iberian peninsula was a refuge during the Last Glacial Maximum, demographic factors associated with contraction, isolation, subsequent expansion and gene flow episodes have contributed complexity to its population history. In this work, we analysed 26 Y-chromosome biallelic markers in 568 chromosomes from 11 different Iberian population groups and compared them to published data on the Basques and Catalans to gain insight into the paternal gene pool of these populations and find out to what extent major demographic processes account for their genetic structure. Our results reveal a reduced, although geographically correlated, Y-chromosomal interpopulation variance (1.2%), which points to a limited heterogeneity in the region. Coincidentally, spatial analysis of genetic distances points to a focal distribution of Y-chromosome haplogroups in this area. These results indicate that neither old or recent Levantine expansions nor North African contacts have influenced the current Iberian Y-chromosome diversity so that geographical patterns can be identified.

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“…44 The geneflow between the eastern and western parts of southern Scandinavia, across Lake Vättern, has not been strong enough to completely erase the founder effects of the earliest settlement in these areas. The high frequency of Paleolithic haplogroups and the low frequency of suggested Neolithic haplogroups 45 is…”

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confidence: 99%