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
Affiliations
- Rui Martiniano
- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin
- Anwen Caffell
- York Osteoarchaeology Ltd
- Malin Holst
- York Osteoarchaeology Ltd
- Kurt Hunter-Mann
- York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited
- Janet Montgomery
- Department of Archaeology, Dawson Building, Durham University
- Gundula Müldner
- Department of Archaeology, University of Reading
- Russell L. McLaughlin
- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin
- Matthew D. Teasdale
- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin
- Wouter van Rheenen
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht
- Jan H. Veldink
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht
- Leonard H. van den Berg
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht
- Orla Hardiman
- Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin
- Maureen Carroll
- Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield Northgate House
- Steve Roskams
- BioArCh, Biology
- John Oxley
- City of York Council
- Colleen Morgan
- BioArCh, Biology
- Mark G. Thomas
- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London
- Ian Barnes
- Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum
- Christine McDonnell
- York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited
- Matthew J. Collins
- BioArCh, Biology
- Daniel G. Bradley
- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
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.
