Population genomic analysis of elongated skulls reveals extensive female-biased immigration in Early Medieval Bavaria.

ABSTRACT: Modern European genetic structure demonstrates strong correlations with geography, while genetic analysis of prehistoric humans has indicated at least two major waves of immigration from outside the continent during periods of cultural change. However, population-level genome data that could shed light on the demographic processes occurring during the intervening periods have been absent. Therefore, we generated genomic data from 41 individuals dating mostly to the late 5th/early 6th century AD from present-day Bavaria in southern Germany, including 11 whole genomes (mean depth 5.56×). In addition we developed a capture array to sequence neutral regions spanning a total of 5 Mb and 486 functional polymorphic sites to high depth (mean 72×) in all individuals. Our data indicate that while me

SUBMITTER: Veeramah KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5879695 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature