Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula

Clare Bycroft; Ceres Fernandez-Rozadilla; Clara Ruiz-Ponte; Inés Quintela; Ángel Carracedo; Peter Donnelly; Simon Myers

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula

Clare Bycroft,
Ceres Fernandez-Rozadilla,
Clara Ruiz-Ponte,
Inés Quintela,
Ángel Carracedo,
Peter Donnelly,
Simon Myers

Affiliations

Clare Bycroft: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Ceres Fernandez-Rozadilla: Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica- CIBERER-IDIS, Santiago de Compostela
Clara Ruiz-Ponte: Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica- CIBERER-IDIS, Santiago de Compostela
Inés Quintela: Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Centro Nacional de Genotipado (CEGEN-PRB2-ISCIII), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Ángel Carracedo: Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica- CIBERER-IDIS, Santiago de Compostela
Peter Donnelly: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Simon Myers: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The Iberian Peninsula has a complex history. Here, the authors analyse the genetic structure of the modern Iberian population at fine scale, revealing historical population movements associated with the time of Muslim rule.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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