TY - JOUR
T1 - The maternal genetic make-up of the Iberian Peninsula between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age
AU - Szécsényi-Nagy, Anna
AU - Roth, Christina
AU - Brandt, Guido
AU - Rihuete-Herrada, Cristina
AU - Tejedor-Rodríguez, Cristina
AU - Held, Petra
AU - García-Martínez-De-Lagrán, Íñigo
AU - Arcusa Magallón, Héctor
AU - Zesch, Stephanie
AU - Knipper, Corina
AU - Bánffy, Eszter
AU - Friederich, Susanne
AU - Meller, Harald
AU - Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva
AU - Barroso Bermejo, Rosa
AU - De Balbín Behrmann, Rodrigo
AU - Herrero-Corral, Ana M.
AU - Flores Fernández, Raúl
AU - Alonso Fernández, Carmen
AU - Jiménez Echevarria, Javier
AU - Rindlisbacher, Laura
AU - Oliart, Camila
AU - Fregeiro, María Inés
AU - Soriano, Ignacio
AU - Vicente, Oriol
AU - Micó, Rafael
AU - Lull, Vicente
AU - Soler Díaz, Jorge
AU - López Padilla, Juan Antonio
AU - Roca De Togores Muñoz, Consuelo
AU - Hernández Pérez, Mauro S.
AU - Jover Maestre, Francisco Javier
AU - Lomba Maurandi, Joaquín
AU - Avilés Fernández, Azucena
AU - Lillios, Katina T.
AU - Silva, Ana Maria
AU - Magalhães Ramalho, Miguel
AU - Oosterbeek, Luiz Miguel
AU - Cunha, Claudia
AU - Waterman, Anna J.
AU - Roig Buxó, Jordi
AU - Martínez, Andrés
AU - Ponce Martínez, Juana
AU - Hunt Ortiz, Mark
AU - Mejías-García, Juan Carlos
AU - Pecero Espín, Juan Carlos
AU - Cruz-Auñón Briones, Rosario
AU - Tomé, Tiago
AU - Carmona Ballestero, Eduardo
AU - Cardoso, João Luís
AU - Araújo, Ana Cristina
AU - Liesau Von Lettow-Vorbeck, Corina
AU - Blasco Bosqued, Concepción
AU - Ríos Mendoza, Patricia
AU - Pujante, Ana
AU - Royo-Guillén, José I.
AU - Esquembre Beviá, Marco Aurelio
AU - Dos Santos Goncalves, Victor Manuel
AU - Parreira, Rui
AU - Morán Hernández, Elena
AU - Méndez Izquierdo, Elena
AU - Vega Y Miguel, Jorge
AU - Menduiña García, Roberto
AU - Martínez Calvo, Victoria
AU - López Jiménez, Oscar
AU - Krause, Johannes
AU - Pichler, Sandra L.
AU - Garrido-Pena, Rafael
AU - Kunst, Michael
AU - Risch, Roberto
AU - Rojo-Guerra, Manuel A.
AU - Haak, Wolfgang
AU - Alt, Kurt W.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - © 2017 The Author(s). Agriculture first reached the Iberian Peninsula around 5700 BCE. However, little is known about the genetic structure and changes of prehistoric populations in different geographic areas of Iberia. In our study, we focus on the maternal genetic makeup of the Neolithic (~ 5500-3000 BCE), Chalcolithic (~ 3000-2200 BCE) and Early Bronze Age (~ 2200-1500 BCE). We report ancient mitochondrial DNA results of 213 individuals (151 HVS-I sequences) from the northeast, central, southeast and southwest regions and thus on the largest archaeogenetic dataset from the Peninsula to date. Similar to other parts of Europe, we observe a discontinuity between hunter-gatherers and the first farmers of the Neolithic. During the subsequent periods, we detect regional continuity of Early Neolithic lineages across Iberia, however the genetic contribution of hunter-gatherers is generally higher than in other parts of Europe and varies regionally. In contrast to ancient DNA findings from Central Europe, we do not observe a major turnover in the mtDNA record of the Iberian Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age, suggesting that the population history of the Iberian Peninsula is distinct in character.
AB - © 2017 The Author(s). Agriculture first reached the Iberian Peninsula around 5700 BCE. However, little is known about the genetic structure and changes of prehistoric populations in different geographic areas of Iberia. In our study, we focus on the maternal genetic makeup of the Neolithic (~ 5500-3000 BCE), Chalcolithic (~ 3000-2200 BCE) and Early Bronze Age (~ 2200-1500 BCE). We report ancient mitochondrial DNA results of 213 individuals (151 HVS-I sequences) from the northeast, central, southeast and southwest regions and thus on the largest archaeogenetic dataset from the Peninsula to date. Similar to other parts of Europe, we observe a discontinuity between hunter-gatherers and the first farmers of the Neolithic. During the subsequent periods, we detect regional continuity of Early Neolithic lineages across Iberia, however the genetic contribution of hunter-gatherers is generally higher than in other parts of Europe and varies regionally. In contrast to ancient DNA findings from Central Europe, we do not observe a major turnover in the mtDNA record of the Iberian Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age, suggesting that the population history of the Iberian Peninsula is distinct in character.
U2 - 10.1101/106963
DO - 10.1101/106963
M3 - Article
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 7
SP - -
JO - NATURE, Scientific Reports 7, 15644. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15480-9
JF - NATURE, Scientific Reports 7, 15644. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15480-9
IS - 1
M1 - 15644
ER -