A predominantly neolithic origin for European paternal lineages

Patricia Balaresque; Georgina R Bowden; Susan M Adams; Ho-Yee Leung; Turi E King; Zoë H Rosser; Jane Goodwin; Jean-Paul Moisan; Christelle Richard; Ann Millward; Andrew G Demaine; Guido Barbujani; Carlo Previderè; Ian J Wilson; Chris Tyler-Smith; Mark A Jobling

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000285

A predominantly neolithic origin for European paternal lineages

Patricia Balaresque, Georgina R Bowden, Susan M Adams, Ho-Yee Leung, Turi E King, Zoë H Rosser, Jane Goodwin, Jean-Paul Moisan, Christelle Richard, Ann Millward, Andrew G Demaine, Guido Barbujani, Carlo Previderè, Ian J Wilson, Chris Tyler-Smith, Mark A Jobling

University of Leicester

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e1000285
Journal	PLoS Biology
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000285
Publication status	Published - 19 Jan 2010

Keywords

Chromosomes, Human, Y
Emigration and Immigration
Europe
Genetic Variation
Geography
Haplotypes
Humans
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Population Dynamics
White People/genetics

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Balaresque, P., Bowden, G. R., Adams, S. M., Leung, H.-Y., King, T. E., Rosser, Z. H., Goodwin, J., Moisan, J.-P., Richard, C., Millward, A., Demaine, A. G., Barbujani, G., Previderè, C., Wilson, I. J., Tyler-Smith, C., & Jobling, M. A. (2010). A predominantly neolithic origin for European paternal lineages. PLoS Biology, 8(1), e1000285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000285

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