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A genetic atlas of human admixture history

Hellenthal, G; Busby, GB; Band, G; Wilson, JF; Capelli, C; Falush, D; Myers, S; (2014) A genetic atlas of human admixture history. Science , 343 (6172) 747 - 751. 10.1126/science.1243518. Green open access

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Abstract

Modern genetic data combined with appropriate statistical methods have the potential to contribute substantially to our understanding of human history. We have developed an approach that exploits the genomic structure of admixed populations to date and characterize historical mixture events at fine scales. We used this to produce an atlas of worldwide human admixture history, constructed by using genetic data alone and encompassing over 100 events occurring over the past 4000 years. We identified events whose dates and participants suggest they describe genetic impacts of the Mongol empire, Arab slave trade, Bantu expansion, first millennium CE migrations in Eastern Europe, and European colonialism, as well as unrecorded events, revealing admixture to be an almost universal force shaping human populations.

Type: Article
Title: A genetic atlas of human admixture history
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1126/science.1243518
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1243518
Language: English
Additional information: This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science 343:6172, (14 February 2014), doi: 10.1126/science.1243518
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1425120
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