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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
卷 19, 期 5, 页码 571-576出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.230
关键词
ancient DNA; mtDNA; Anatolia; Byzantine
资金
- Belgian Programme on Interuniversity Poles of Attraction [IAP 6/22]
- Research Fund of the K.U.Leuven [BOF GOA 07/02]
- Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders (FWO) [G.0286.00, G.0421.06]
- Flemish Ministry for Science Policy
The archaeological site of Sagalassos is located in Southwest Turkey, in the western part of the Taurus mountain range. Human occupation of its territory is attested from the late 12th millennium BP up to the 13th century AD. By analysing the mtDNA variation in 85 skeletons from Sagalassos dated to the 11th-13th century AD, this study attempts to reconstruct the genetic signature potentially left in this region of Anatolia by the many civilizations, which succeeded one another over the centuries until the mid-Byzantine period (13th century BC). Authentic ancient DNA data were determined from the control region and some SNPs in the coding region of the mtDNA in 53 individuals. Comparative analyses with up to 157 modern populations allowed us to reconstruct the origin of the mid-Byzantine people still dwelling in dispersed hamlets in Sagalassos, and to detect the maternal contribution of their potential ancestors. By integrating the genetic data with historical and archaeological information, we were able to attest in Sagalassos a significant maternal genetic signature of Balkan/Greek populations, as well as ancient Persians and populations from the Italian peninsula. Some contribution from the Levant has been also detected, whereas no contribution from Central Asian population could be ascertained. European Journal of Human Genetics (2011) 19, 571-576; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2010.230; published online 12 January 2011
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