Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

Maanasa Raghavan, Pontus Skoglund, Kelly E. Graf, Mait Metspalu, Anders Albrechtsen, Ida Moltke, Simon Rasmussen, Thomas W. Stafford, Ludovic Orlando, Ene Metspalu, Monika Karmin, Kristiina Tambets, Siiri Rootsi, Reedik Mägi, Paula F. Campos, Elena Balanovska, Oleg Balanovsky, Elza Khusnutdinova, Sergey Litvinov, Ludmila P. Osipova, Sardana A. Fedorova, Mikhail I. Voevoda, Michael DeGiorgio, Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten, Søren Brunak, Svetlana Demeshchenko, Toomas Kivisild, Richard Villems, Rasmus Nielsen, Mattias Jakobsson and Eske Willerslev ()
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Maanasa Raghavan: Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
Pontus Skoglund: Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala 752 36, Sweden
Kelly E. Graf: Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, TAMU-4352, College Station, Texas 77845-4352, USA
Mait Metspalu: Estonian Biocentre, Evolutionary Biology group, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Anders Albrechtsen: The Bioinformatics Centre, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
Ida Moltke: The Bioinformatics Centre, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
Simon Rasmussen: Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark
Thomas W. Stafford: Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
Ludovic Orlando: Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
Ene Metspalu: University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Monika Karmin: Estonian Biocentre, Evolutionary Biology group, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Kristiina Tambets: Estonian Biocentre, Evolutionary Biology group, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Siiri Rootsi: Estonian Biocentre, Evolutionary Biology group, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Reedik Mägi: Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Paula F. Campos: Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
Elena Balanovska: Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moskvorechie Street 1, Moscow 115479, Russia
Oleg Balanovsky: Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moskvorechie Street 1, Moscow 115479, Russia
Elza Khusnutdinova: Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Bashkorostan 450054, Russia
Sergey Litvinov: Estonian Biocentre, Evolutionary Biology group, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Ludmila P. Osipova: The Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Center for Brain Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrentyeva Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Sardana A. Fedorova: Yakut Research Center of Complex Medical Problems, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) 677010, Russia
Mikhail I. Voevoda: The Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Center for Brain Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrentyeva Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Michael DeGiorgio: University of California
Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten: Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark
Søren Brunak: Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark
Svetlana Demeshchenko: The State Hermitage Museum, 2, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, St. Petersberg 190000, Russia
Toomas Kivisild: Estonian Biocentre, Evolutionary Biology group, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Richard Villems: Estonian Biocentre, Evolutionary Biology group, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Rasmus Nielsen: University of California
Mattias Jakobsson: Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala 752 36, Sweden
Eske Willerslev: Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7481, 87-91

Abstract: Draft genomes of two south-central Siberian individuals dating to 24,000 and 17,000 years ago show that they are genetically closely related to modern-day western Eurasians and Native Americans but not to east Asians; the results have implications for our understanding of the origins of Native Americans.

Date: 2014
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