Population genomic analysis of ancient and modern genomes yields new insights into the genetic ancestry of the Tyrolean Iceman and the genetic structure of Europe.

Population genomic analysis of ancient and modern genomes yields new insights into the genetic ancestry of the Tyrolean Iceman and the genetic structure of Europe.

Genome sequencing of the 5,300-year-old mummy of the Tyrolean Iceman, found in 1991 on a glacier near the border of Italy and Austria, has yielded new insights into his origin and relationship to modern European populations. A key finding of that study was an apparent recent common ancestry with ind...

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Main Authors: Martin Sikora, Meredith L Carpenter, Andres Moreno-Estrada, Brenna M Henn, Peter A Underhill, Federico Sánchez-Quinto, Ilenia Zara, Maristella Pitzalis, Carlo Sidore, Fabio Busonero, Andrea Maschio, Andrea Angius, Chris Jones, Javier Mendoza-Revilla, Georgi Nekhrizov, Diana Dimitrova, Nikola Theodossiev, Timothy T Harkins, Andreas Keller, Frank Maixner, Albert Zink, Goncalo Abecasis, Serena Sanna, Francesco Cucca, Carlos D Bustamante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4014435?pdf=render

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