Genomics at the origins of agriculture, part two Export

@article{citeulike:1444622, abstract = {Agricultural expansion was such a momentous event that cultural or genetic evidence of its impact should be apparent. Abundant evidence indicates that agriculture was introduced into Europe at least 9,000 years ago. The primary issue remains whether agriculture spread by contact or by farmers moving into Europe. If agriculture was brought by farmers moving into foragers' territory, then genetic evidence should be apparent in the genes of modern Europeans. If foragers weredisplaced, then European genetic profiles should reflect the source population from the Near East. If there was interbreeding with the foragers who had a distinct genetic profile, then the genes of the Europeans descendants should reflect this admixture, with a clinal distribution of traits radiating from the Near East. These scenarios have been the focus of decades of debates between anthropologists and geneticists. In addition, genomic studies have been applied to pathogens in order to explore the link between agriculture and infectious disease.}, address = {Department of Anthropology, and the Program in Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30312}, author = {Armelagos, George J. and Harper, Kristin N.}, citeulike-article-id = {1444622}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evan.20048}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/110535120/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/evan.20048}, journal = {Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews}, keywords = {agriculture, disease, epidemiology, evolution, genomics, perspective, read}, number = {3}, pages = {109--121}, posted-at = {2008-11-09 16:35:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Genomics at the origins of agriculture, part two}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evan.20048}, volume = {14}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1444622 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1444622 N2 - Agricultural expansion was such a momentous event that cultural or genetic evidence of its impact should be apparent. Abundant evidence indicates that agriculture was introduced into Europe at least 9,000 years ago. The primary issue remains whether agriculture spread by contact or by farmers moving into Europe. If agriculture was brought by farmers moving into foragers' territory, then genetic evidence should be apparent in the genes of modern Europeans. If foragers weredisplaced, then European genetic profiles should reflect the source population from the Near East. If there was interbreeding with the foragers who had a distinct genetic profile, then the genes of the Europeans descendants should reflect this admixture, with a clinal distribution of traits radiating from the Near East. These scenarios have been the focus of decades of debates between anthropologists and geneticists. In addition, genomic studies have been applied to pathogens in order to explore the link between agriculture and infectious disease. IS - 3 JF - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews AD - Department of Anthropology, and the Program in Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30312 EP - 121 TI - Genomics at the origins of agriculture, part two VL - 14 SP - 109 KW - agriculture KW - disease KW - epidemiology KW - evolution KW - genomics KW - perspective KW - read AU - Armelagos, George AU - Harper, Kristin PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evan.20048 ER -