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Silva M, Justeau P, Rodrigues S, Oteo-Garcia G, Dulias K, Foody G, Fichera A, Yau B, Rito T, Wilson JF, Gandini F, Edwards CJ, Pala M, Soares PA, Richards MB. Untangling Neolithic and Bronze Age mitochondrial lineages in South Asia. Ann Hum Biol 2019; 46:140-144. [PMID: 31267777 DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2019.1623319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Two key moments shaped the extant South Asian gene pool within the last 10 thousand years (ka): the Neolithic period, with the advent of agriculture and the rise of the Harappan/Indus Valley Civilisation; and Late Bronze Age events that witnessed the abrupt fall of the Harappan Civilisation and the arrival of Indo-European speakers. This study focuses on the phylogeographic patterns of mitochondrial haplogroups H2 and H13 in the Indian Subcontinent and incorporates evidence from recently released ancient genomes from Central and South Asia. It found signals of Neolithic arrivals from Iran and later movements in the Bronze Age from Central Asia that derived ultimately from the Steppe. This study shows how a detailed mtDNA phylogeographic approach, combining both modern and ancient variation, can provide evidence of population movements, even in a scenario of strong male bias such as in the case of the Bronze Age Steppe dispersals.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Silva
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
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- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
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- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
| | - G Oteo-Garcia
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
| | - K Dulias
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
| | - G Foody
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
| | - A Fichera
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
| | - B Yau
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
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- b School of Medicine , Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.,c ICVS/3B's , PT Government Associate Laboratory , Guimarães , Portugal
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- d Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics , University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place , Edinburgh , UK.,e MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine , University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital , Edinburgh , UK
| | - F Gandini
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
| | - C J Edwards
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
| | - M Pala
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
| | - P A Soares
- f CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.,g Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S) , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal
| | - M B Richards
- a Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences , University of Huddersfield , Queensgate , UK
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