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A late Neolithic Iberian farmer exhibits genetic affinity to Neolithic Scandinavian farmers and a Bronze Age central European  farmer
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology.
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Keywords [en]
ancient DNA, neolithization, Iberia, Portalon, aDNA, SNP
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Archaeology Evolutionary Biology Genetics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-211155OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-211155DiVA, id: diva2:665597
Available from: 2013-11-20 Created: 2013-11-20 Last updated: 2014-04-29
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1. Archaeological Genetics - Approaching Human History through DNA Analysis
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2014 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

There are a variety of archaeological questions, which are difficult to assess by traditional archaeological methods. Similarly, there are genetic and population genetic questions about human evolution and migration that are difficult to assess by studying modern day genetic variation. Archaeological genetics can directly study the archaeological remains, allowing human history to be explored by means of genetics, and genetics to be expanded into historical and pre-historical times. Examples of archaeological questions that can be resolved by genetics are determining biological sex on archaeological remains and exploring the kinship or groups buried in close proximity. Another example is one of the most important events in human prehistory – the transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to farming - was driven through the diffusion of ideas or with migrating farmers. Molecular genetics has the potential to contribute in answering all these questions as well as others of similar nature. However, it is essential that the pitfalls of ancient DNA, namely fragmentation, damage and contamination are handled during data collection and data analysis.

Analyses of ancient DNA presented in this thesis are based on both mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA through the study of single nuclear polymorphisms (SNPs). I used pyrosequencing assays in order to identify the biological sex of archaeological remains as well as verifying if fragmented remains were human or from animal sources. I used a clonal assay approach in order to retrieve sequences for the HVRI of a small family-like burial constellation from the Viking age. By the use of low coverage shotgun sequencing I retrieved sequence data from 13 crew members from the 17th century Swedish man-of-war Kronan. This data was used to determine the ancestry of the crew, which in some cases was speculated to be of non-Scandinavian or non-European origin. However, I demonstrate that all individuals were of European ancestry. Finally, I retrieved sequence data from a Neolithic farmer from the Iberian Peninsula, which added one more facet of information in exploring the Neolithization process of Europe. The Neolithic Iberian individual was genetically similar to Scandinavian Neolithic farmers, indicating that the genetic variation of prehistoric Europe correlated with subsistence mode rather than with geography.

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Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2014. p. 61
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Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology, ISSN 1651-6214 ; 1101
Keywords
ancient DNA, pyrosequencing, molecular genetics, aDNA, neolithization, evolutionary genetics, mtDNA, viking age, archaeological genetics, genetik, evolutionsgenetik, naturvetenskap, neolitisering, vikingatid, arkeologisk genetik
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Evolutionary Biology Genetics
Research subject
Biology with specialization in Evolutionary Genetics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-211156 (URN)978-91-554-8816-1 (ISBN)
Public defence
2014-03-21, Ekmansalen, EBC, Norbyvägen 14, Uppsala, 13:00 (English)
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