@article{3092255,
    title = "Y chromosomal haplogroup J as a signature of the post-neolithic
colonization of Europe",
    author = "Di Giacomo, F and Luca, F and Popa, LO and Akar, N and Anagnou, N and and Banyko, J and Brdicka, R and Barbujani, G and Papola, F and Ciavarella, and G and Cucci, F and Di Stasi, L and Gavrila, L and Kerimova, MG and and Kovatchev, D and Kozlov, AI and Loutradis, A and Mandarino, V and and Mammi', C and Michalodimitrakis, EN and Paoli, G and Pappa, KI and and Pedicini, G and Terrenato, L and Tofanelli, S and Malaspina, P and and Novelletto, A",
    journal = "Human Genetics",
    year = "2004",
    volume = "115",
    number = "5",
    pages = "357-371",
    publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
    issn = "0340-6717, 1432-1203",
    doi = "10.1007/s00439-004-1168-9",
    abstract = "In order to attain a finer reconstruction of the peopling of southern
and central-eastem Europe from the Levant, we determined the frequencies
of eight lineages internal to the Y chromosomal haplogroup J, defined by
biallelic markers, in 22 population samples obtained with a fine-grained
sampling scheme. Our results partially resolve a major multifurcation of
lineages within the haplogroup. Analyses of molecular variance show that
the area covered by haplogroup J dispersal is characterized by a
significant degree of molecular radiation for unique event polymorphisms
within the haplogroup, with a higher incidence of the most derived
sub-haplogroups on the northern Mediterranean coast, from Turkey
westward; here, J diversity is not simply a subset of that present in
the area in which this haplogroup, first originated. Dating estimates,
based on simple tandem repeat loci (STR) diversity within each lineage,
confirmed the presence of a major population structuring at the time of
spread of haplogroup J in Europe and a punctuation in the peopling of
this continent in the post-Neolithic, compatible with the expansion of
the Greek world. We also present here, for the first time, a novel
method for comparative dating of lineages, free of assumptions of STR
mutation rates."
}