Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons

  • Rui Martiniano,
  • Anwen Caffell,
  • Malin Holst,
  • Kurt Hunter-Mann,
  • Janet Montgomery,
  • Gundula Müldner,
  • Russell L. McLaughlin,
  • Matthew D. Teasdale,
  • Wouter van Rheenen,
  • Jan H. Veldink,
  • Leonard H. van den Berg,
  • Orla Hardiman,
  • Maureen Carroll,
  • Steve Roskams,
  • John Oxley,
  • Colleen Morgan,
  • Mark G. Thomas,
  • Ian Barnes,
  • Christine McDonnell,
  • Matthew J. Collins,
  • Daniel G. Bradley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here, Martiniano et al. examine the genetic structure of northern Britain in the late BC/early AD using ancient genome sequencing of 9 individuals. They uncover evidence of far-reaching Roman and later Anglo-Saxon migrations within a background of Britons similar to the earlier Iron Age.