Genetics and the population history of Europe

  1. Guido Barbujani* and
  2. Giorgio Bertorelle
  1. Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy

Abstract

Analysis of genetic variation among modern individuals is providing insight into prehistoric events. Comparisons of levels and patterns of genetic diversity with the predictions of models based on archeological evidence suggest that the spread of early farmers from the Levant was probably the main episode in the European population history, but that both older and more recent processes have left recognizable traces in the current gene pool.

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  • ↵ * To whom reprint requests should be addressed at: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy. E-mail: bjg{at}unife.it.

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  1. PNAS January 2, 2001 vol. 98 no. 1 22-25
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