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SUBMITTER: Gomez-Sanchez D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4130614 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gómez-Sánchez Daniel D Olalde Iñigo I Pierini Federica F Matas-Lalueza Laura L Gigli Elena E Lari Martina M Civit Sergi S Lozano Marina M Vergès Josep Maria JM Caramelli David D Ramírez Oscar O Lalueza-Fox Carles C
PloS one 20140812 8
Previous mitochondrial DNA analyses on ancient European remains have suggested that the current distribution of haplogroup H was modeled by the expansion of the Bell Beaker culture (ca 4,500-4,050 years BP) out of Iberia during the Chalcolithic period. However, little is known on the genetic composition of contemporaneous Iberian populations that do not carry the archaeological tool kit defining this culture. Here we have retrieved mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 19 individuals from a C ...[more]