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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia |
Author: | Marcus, J.H. Posth, C. Ringbauer, H. Lai, L. Skeates, R. Sidore, C. Beckett, J. Furtwängler, A. Olivieri, A. Chiang, C.W.K. Al-Asadi, H. Dey, K. Joseph, T.A. Liu, C.-C. Der Sarkissian, C. Radzevičiūtė, R. Michel, M. Gradoli, M.G. Marongiu, P. Rubino, S. et al. |
Citation: | Nature Communications, 2020; 11(1):939-939 |
Publisher: | Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
ISSN: | 2041-1723 2041-1723 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Joseph H. Marcus ... Wolfgang Haak ... et al. |
Abstract: | The island of Sardinia has been of particular interest to geneticists for decades. The current model for Sardinia's genetic history describes the island as harboring a founder population that was established largely from the Neolithic peoples of southern Europe and remained isolated from later Bronze Age expansions on the mainland. To evaluate this model, we generate genome-wide ancient DNA data for 70 individuals from 21 Sardinian archaeological sites spanning the Middle Neolithic through the Medieval period. The earliest individuals show a strong affinity to western Mediterranean Neolithic populations, followed by an extended period of genetic continuity on the island through the Nuragic period (second millennium BCE). Beginning with individuals from Phoenician/Punic sites (first millennium BCE), we observe spatially-varying signals of admixture with sources principally from the eastern and northern Mediterranean. Overall, our analysis sheds light on the genetic history of Sardinia, revealing how relationships to mainland populations shifted over time. |
Keywords: | Chromosomes, Human, X Chromosomes, Human, Y Humans DNA, Mitochondrial Sequence Analysis, DNA Genetics, Population Models, Genetic Archaeology History, Ancient History, Medieval History, 15th Century History, 16th Century History, 17th Century History, 18th Century History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Italy Female Male Human Migration Datasets as Topic DNA, Ancient Body Remains |
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DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130102158 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Genetics publications |
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