%0 Journal Article %1 balaresque2010ychrom %A Balaresque, P %A Bowden, G R %A Adams, S M %A Leung, H Y %A King, T E %A Rosser, Z H %A Goodwin, J %A Moisan, J P %A Richard, C %A Millward, A %A Demaine, A G %A Barbujani, G %A Previderè, C %A Wilson, I J %A Tyler-Smith, C %A Jobling, M A %D 2010 %J PLoS Biol %K Y_chromosome eurogenetics %N 1 %R 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000285 %T A predominantly neolithic origin for European paternal lineages %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799514/?tool=pubmed %V 8 %X The relative contributions to modern European populations of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers from the Near East have been intensely debated. Haplogroup R1b1b2 (R-M269) is the commonest European Y-chromosomal lineage, increasing in frequency from east to west, and carried by 110 million European men. Previous studies suggested a Paleolithic origin, but here we show that the geographical distribution of its microsatellite diversity is best explained by spread from a single source in the Near East via Anatolia during the Neolithic. Taken with evidence on the origins of other haplogroups, this indicates that most European Y chromosomes originate in the Neolithic expansion. This reinterpretation makes Europe a prime example of how technological and cultural change is linked with the expansion of a Y-chromosomal lineage, and the contrast of this pattern with that shown by maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA suggests a unique role for males in the transition.

@article{balaresque2010ychrom, abstract = {The relative contributions to modern European populations of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers from the Near East have been intensely debated. Haplogroup R1b1b2 (R-M269) is the commonest European Y-chromosomal lineage, increasing in frequency from east to west, and carried by 110 million European men. Previous studies suggested a Paleolithic origin, but here we show that the geographical distribution of its microsatellite diversity is best explained by spread from a single source in the Near East via Anatolia during the Neolithic. Taken with evidence on the origins of other haplogroups, this indicates that most European Y chromosomes originate in the Neolithic expansion. This reinterpretation makes Europe a prime example of how technological and cultural change is linked with the expansion of a Y-chromosomal lineage, and the contrast of this pattern with that shown by maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA suggests a unique role for males in the transition.}, added-at = {2012-04-23T23:16:01.000+0200}, author = {Balaresque, P and Bowden, G R and Adams, S M and Leung, H Y and King, T E and Rosser, Z H and Goodwin, J and Moisan, J P and Richard, C and Millward, A and Demaine, A G and Barbujani, G and Previder{\`e}, C and Wilson, I J and Tyler-Smith, C and Jobling, M A}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/299e67248a1c3b723c4aae450933df529/peter.ralph}, description = {A Predominantly Neolithic Origin for European Paternal Lineages}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.1000285}, interhash = {e554d4f7ae826ff93127749362dcbc9e}, intrahash = {99e67248a1c3b723c4aae450933df529}, journal = {PLoS Biol}, keywords = {Y_chromosome eurogenetics}, month = jan, number = 1, pmid = {20087410}, timestamp = {2012-04-23T23:16:01.000+0200}, title = {A predominantly neolithic origin for {European} paternal lineages}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799514/?tool=pubmed}, volume = 8, year = 2010 }