Analysis of the human Y-chromosome haplogroup Q characterizes ancient population movements in Eurasia and the Americas

Analysis of the human Y-chromosome haplogroup Q characterizes ancient population movements in Eurasia and the Americas

Abstract Background Recent genome studies of modern and ancient samples have proposed that Native Americans derive from a subset of the Eurasian gene pool carried to America by an ancestral Beringian population, from which two well-differentiated components originated and subsequently mixed in diffe...

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Main Authors: Viola Grugni, Alessandro Raveane, Linda Ongaro, Vincenza Battaglia, Beniamino Trombetta, Giulia Colombo, Marco Rosario Capodiferro, Anna Olivieri, Alessandro Achilli, Ugo A. Perego, Jorge Motta, Maribel Tribaldos, Scott R. Woodward, Luca Ferretti, Fulvio Cruciani, Antonio Torroni, Ornella Semino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Human Y-chromosome variation
Haplogroup Q phylogeny
Origin of Native Americans
Origin of Eurasians
Peopling of the Americas
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0622-4

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