Neolithic mitochondrial Haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans

Paul Brotherton; Wolfgang Haak; Jennifer Templeton; Guido Brandt; Julien Soubrier; Christina Adler; S Richards; Clio Der Sarkissian; Robert Ganslmeier; Susanne Friederich; Veit Dresely; Mannis van Oven; Rosalie Kenyon; Mark Van der Hoek; Jonas Korlach; Khai Luong; Simon Ho; Lluís Quintana-Murci; Doron Behar; Harald Meller; Kurt Alt; Alan Cooper

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Neolithic mitochondrial Haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans

Paul Brotherton, Wolfgang Haak, Jennifer Templeton, Guido Brandt, Julien Soubrier, Christina Adler, S Richards, Clio Der Sarkissian, Robert Ganslmeier, Susanne Friederich, Veit Dresely, Mannis van Oven, Rosalie Kenyon, Mark Van der Hoek, Jonas Korlach, Khai Luong, Simon Ho, Lluís Quintana-Murci, Doron Behar, Harald MellerKurt Alt, Alan Cooper

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Haplogroup H dominates present-day Western European mitochondrial DNA variability (>40%), yet was less common (∼19%) among Early Neolithic farmers (∼5450 BC) and virtually absent in Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. Here we investigate this major component of the maternal population history of modern Europeans and sequence 39 complete haplogroup H mitochondrial genomes from ancient human remains. We then compare this 'real-time' genetic data with cultural changes taking place between the Early Neolithic (∼5450 BC) and Bronze Age (∼2200 BC) in Central Europe. Our results reveal that the current diversity and distribution of haplogroup H were largely established by the Mid Neolithic (∼4000 BC), but with substantial genetic contributions from subsequent pan-European cultures such as the Bell Beakers expanding out of Iberia in the Late Neolithic (∼2800 BC). Dated haplogroup H genomes allow us to reconstruct the recent evolutionary history of haplogroup H and reveal a mutation rate 45% higher than current estimates for human mitochondria.

Original language	English
Article number	1764
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	4
Issue number	1764
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2656
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Brotherton, P., Haak, W., Templeton, J., Brandt, G., Soubrier, J., Adler, C., Richards, S., Der Sarkissian, C., Ganslmeier, R., Friederich, S., Dresely, V., van Oven, M., Kenyon, R., Van der Hoek, M., Korlach, J., Luong, K., Ho, S., Quintana-Murci, L., Behar, D., ... Cooper, A. (2013). Neolithic mitochondrial Haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans. Nature Communications, 4(1764), [1764]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2656

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