TY - JOUR
TI - Y chromosomal haplogroup J as a signature of the post-neolithic
colonization of Europe
AU - Di Giacomo, F
AU - Luca, F
AU - Popa, LO
AU - Akar, N
AU - Anagnou, N and
AU - Banyko, J
AU - Brdicka, R
AU - Barbujani, G
AU - Papola, F
AU - Ciavarella,
AU - G
AU - Cucci, F
AU - Di Stasi, L
AU - Gavrila, L
AU - Kerimova, MG and
AU - Kovatchev, D
AU - Kozlov, AI
AU - Loutradis, A
AU - Mandarino, V and
AU - Mammi', C
AU - Michalodimitrakis, EN
AU - Paoli, G
AU - Pappa, KI and
AU - Pedicini, G
AU - Terrenato, L
AU - Tofanelli, S
AU - Malaspina, P and
AU - Novelletto, A
JO - Human Genetics
PY - 2004
VL - 115
TODO - 5
SP - 357-371
PB - Springer-Verlag
SN - 0340-6717, 1432-1203
TODO - 10.1007/s00439-004-1168-9
TODO - null
TODO - 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.
ER -