The Complex Admixture History and Recent Southern Origins of Siberian Populations.

ABSTRACT: Although Siberia was inhabited by modern humans at an early stage, there is still debate over whether it remained habitable during the extreme cold of the Last Glacial Maximum or whether it was subsequently repopulated by peoples with recent shared ancestry. Previous studies of the genetic history of Siberian populations were hampered by the extensive admixture that appears to have taken place among these populations, because commonly used methods assume a tree-like population history and at most single admixture events. Here we analyze geogenetic maps and use other approaches to distinguish the effects of shared ancestry from prehistoric migrations and contact, and develop a new method based on the covariance of ancestry components, to investigate the potentially complex admixture history

SUBMITTER: Pugach I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4915357 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature