J1-M267 Y lineage marks climate-driven pre-historical human displacements Export

@article{citeulike:4319942, abstract = {The present day distribution of Y chromosomes bearing the haplogroup J1 M267(*)G variant has been associated with different episodes of human demographic history, the main one being the diffusion of Islam since the Early Middle Ages. To better understand the modes and timing of J1 dispersals, we reconstructed the genealogical relationships among 282 M267(*)G chromosomes from 29 populations typed at 20 YSTRs and 6 SNPs. Phylogenetic analyses depicted a new genetic background consistent with climate-driven demographic dynamics occurring during two key phases of human pre-history: (1) the spatial expansion of hunter gatherers in response to the end of the late Pleistocene cooling phases and (2) the displacement of groups of foragers/herders following the mid-Holocene rainfall retreats across the Sahara and Arabia. Furthermore, J1 STR motifs previously used to trace Arab or Jewish ancestries were shown unsuitable as diagnostic markers for ethnicity.European Journal of Human Genetics advance online publication, 15 April 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.58.}, author = {Tofanelli, Sergio and Ferri, Gianmarco and Bulayeva, Kazima and Caciagli, Laura and Onofri, Valerio and Taglioli, Luca and Bulayev, Oleg and Boschi, Ilaria and Alu, Milena and Berti, Andrea and Rapone, Cesare and Beduschi, Giovanni and Luiselli, Donata and Cadenas, Alicia M. and Awadelkarim, Khalid D. and Mariani-Costantini, Renato and Elwali, Nasr E. and Verginelli, Fabio and Pilli, Elena and Herrera, Rene J. and Gusmao, Leonor and Paoli, Giorgio and Capelli, Cristian}, citeulike-article-id = {4319942}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2009.58}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg200958a}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19367321}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19367321}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1038/ejhg.2009.58}, issn = {1476-5438}, journal = {Eur J Hum Genet}, keywords = {j1, m267, near\_east, y}, month = {April}, number = {11}, pages = {1520--1524}, posted-at = {2009-06-01 07:22:33}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {J1-M267 Y lineage marks climate-driven pre-historical human displacements}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2009.58}, volume = {17}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4319942 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4319942 N2 - The present day distribution of Y chromosomes bearing the haplogroup J1 M267(*)G variant has been associated with different episodes of human demographic history, the main one being the diffusion of Islam since the Early Middle Ages. To better understand the modes and timing of J1 dispersals, we reconstructed the genealogical relationships among 282 M267(*)G chromosomes from 29 populations typed at 20 YSTRs and 6 SNPs. Phylogenetic analyses depicted a new genetic background consistent with climate-driven demographic dynamics occurring during two key phases of human pre-history: (1) the spatial expansion of hunter gatherers in response to the end of the late Pleistocene cooling phases and (2) the displacement of groups of foragers/herders following the mid-Holocene rainfall retreats across the Sahara and Arabia. Furthermore, J1 STR motifs previously used to trace Arab or Jewish ancestries were shown unsuitable as diagnostic markers for ethnicity.European Journal of Human Genetics advance online publication, 15 April 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.58. IS - 11 JF - Eur J Hum Genet SN - 1476-5438 EP - 1524 TI - J1-M267 Y lineage marks climate-driven pre-historical human displacements PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 17 SP - 1520 KW - j1 KW - m267 KW - near_east KW - y AU - Tofanelli, Sergio AU - Ferri, Gianmarco AU - Bulayeva, Kazima AU - Caciagli, Laura AU - Onofri, Valerio AU - Taglioli, Luca AU - Bulayev, Oleg AU - Boschi, Ilaria AU - Alu, Milena AU - Berti, Andrea AU - Rapone, Cesare AU - Beduschi, Giovanni AU - Luiselli, Donata AU - Cadenas, Alicia AU - Awadelkarim, Khalid AU - Mariani-Costantini, Renato AU - Elwali, Nasr AU - Verginelli, Fabio AU - Pilli, Elena AU - Herrera, Rene AU - Gusmao, Leonor AU - Paoli, Giorgio AU - Capelli, Cristian PY - 2009/04/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2009.58 ER -