Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon genomes from East England reveal British migration history

Stephan Schiffels; Wolfgang Haak; Pirita Paajanen; Bastien Llamas; Elizabeth Popescu; Louise Loe; Rachel Clarke; Alice Lyons; Richard Mortimer; Duncan Sayer; Chris Tyler-Smith; Alan Cooper; Richard Durbin

doi:10.1038/ncomms10408

Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon genomes from East England reveal British migration history

Stephan Schiffels,
Wolfgang Haak,
Pirita Paajanen,
Bastien Llamas,
Elizabeth Popescu,
Louise Loe,
Rachel Clarke,
Alice Lyons,
Richard Mortimer,
Duncan Sayer,
Chris Tyler-Smith,
Alan Cooper,
Richard Durbin

Affiliations

Stephan Schiffels: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton
Wolfgang Haak: Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
Pirita Paajanen: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton
Bastien Llamas: Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
Elizabeth Popescu: Oxford Archaeology East
Louise Loe: Oxford Archaeology South
Rachel Clarke: Oxford Archaeology East
Alice Lyons: Oxford Archaeology East
Richard Mortimer: Oxford Archaeology East
Duncan Sayer: School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire
Chris Tyler-Smith: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton
Alan Cooper: Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
Richard Durbin: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10408
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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This study examines ancient genomes of individuals from the late Iron Age to the middle Anglo-Saxon period in the East of England. Using a newly devised analytic algorithm, the author also estimate the relative ancestry of East English genome derived from Anglo-Saxon migrations and to the rest of Europe.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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