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The patterns of historical population movements in Europe and some of their genetic consequences
Abstract
Population movements of 891 ethnic units in Europe over the past 4,200 years, and the correlations of these movements with modern genetic distances were investigated on a one‐degree‐square grid of the continent. There is significant spatial pattern in movements from sources, to targets, and overall. Patterns change significantly over time. Patterns of sources and targets differ significantly. Modern movements are more numerous than ancient movements. Movements on the periphery of Europe are few in number and are concentrated in direction, while Central European movements are numerous and unconcentrated in direction. Modern genetic distance is negatively correlated with the amount of population exchange between localities. Regional genetic variance is positively correlated with number of movements into, but not out of, areas. The findings are interpreted in the context of European ethnohistory and population biology.
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Sokal, R.R., N.L. Oden, M.S. Rosenberg, and D. DiGiovanni (1997) The patterns of historical population movements in Europe and some of their genetic consequences. American Journal of Human Biology 9(3):391–404.
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10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1997)9:3<391::AID-AJHB11>3.0.CO;2-H
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