Mitochondrial DNA Profiles of Individuals from a 12th Century Necropolis in Feldioara (Transylvania)

The genetic signature of modern Europeans is the cumulated result of millennia of discrete small-scale exchanges between multiple distinct population groups that performed a repeated cycle of movement, settlement, and interactions with each other. In this study we aimed to highlight one such minute genetic cycle in a sea of genetic interactions by reconstructing part of the genetic story of the migration, settlement, interaction, and legacy of what is today the Transylvanian Saxon. The analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region of 13 medieval individuals from Feldioara necropolis (Transylvania region, Romania) reveals a genetically heterogeneous group where all identified haplotypes are different. Most of the perceived maternal lineages are of Western Eurasian origin, except for the Central Asiatic haplogroup C seen in only one sample. Comparisons with historical and modern populations describe the contribution of the investigated Saxon settlers to the genetic history of this part of Europe.

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Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing in Alpine populations and the genetic history of the Neolithic Tyrolean Iceman

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/srep18932 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

V. Coia ◽

G. Cipollini ◽

P. Anagnostou ◽

F. Maixner ◽

C. Battaggia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Dna Sequencing ◽

Genetic History ◽

History Of ◽

Tyrolean Iceman

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Systematics of Large White-Headed Gulls: Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Western European Taxa

The Auk ◽

10.1093/auk/119.3.603 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 119 (3) ◽

pp. 603-620 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Pierre-André Crochet ◽

Jean-Dominique Lebreton ◽

François Bonhomme

Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Mitochondrial Gene ◽

Evolutionary Relationships ◽

Nuclear Markers ◽

Large White ◽

Mitochondrial Dna Control Region ◽

Dna Variation ◽

European Species ◽

History Of ◽

Western European

Abstract Although the large white-headed gull group (genus Larus) has long been a model in speciation studies, the systematic status and evolutionary relationships of many of its taxa remain unresolved. We used mitochondrial DNA control region and cytochrome-b gene sequences in an attempt to resolve some of those uncertainties. In contrast to previously published results based on nuclear markers, mitochondrial DNA was found to be strongly structured among species, indicating that mitochondrial gene flow is very low. Phylogenetic relationships remain largely unresolved, mainly because of the low amount of variation between species. Horizontal transfer of mitochondrial lineages is demonstrated or suspected between most taxa and obscured the reconstruction of the history of the group. The Mediterranean form michahellis was as differentiated from the other western European species as these are from each others, confirming it is neither conspecific with L. fuscus nor with L. argentatus. The forms fuscus and graellsii do not show any significant differences in haplotypes frequencies, arguing for their subspecific status.

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Introduction and Expansion History of the Masked Palm Civet, Paguma larvata, in Japan, Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA Control Region and Cytochrome b Analysis

Mammal Study ◽

10.3106/ms2020-0016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 243

Author(s):

Yu Endo ◽

Liang-Kong Lin ◽

Koji Yamazaki ◽

Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei ◽

Shih-Wei Chang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Cytochrome B ◽

Control Region ◽

Mitochondrial Dna Control Region ◽

Palm Civet ◽

History Of ◽

Masked Palm Civet

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Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the Aboriginal Populations of the Altai-Baikal Region: Implications for the Genetic History of North Asia and America

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1196/annals.1293.003 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 1011 (1) ◽

pp. 21-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

ILIA A. ZAKHAROV ◽

MIROSLAVA V. DERENKO ◽

BORIS A. MALIARCHUK ◽

IRINA K. DAMBUEVA ◽

CHODURAA M. DORZHU ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Baikal Region ◽

Dna Variation ◽

Genetic History ◽

Aboriginal Populations ◽

North Asia ◽

History Of

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Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Diversity in the Aleuts of the Commander Islands and Its Implications for the Genetic History of Beringia

The American Journal of Human Genetics ◽

10.1086/341720 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 71 (2) ◽

pp. 415-421 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Olga A. Derbeneva ◽

Rem I. Sukernik ◽

Natalia V. Volodko ◽

Seyed H. Hosseini ◽

Marie T. Lott ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Commander Islands ◽

Genetic History ◽

Dna Diversity ◽

History Of

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East African origins for Madagascan chickens as indicated by mitochondrial DNA

Royal Society Open Science ◽

10.1098/rsos.160787 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 160787 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Michael B. Herrera ◽

Vicki A. Thomson ◽

Jessica J. Wadley ◽

Philip J. Piper ◽

Sri Sulandari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

East Africa ◽

South Asian ◽

Common Ancestor ◽

East African ◽

Mitochondrial Dna Control Region ◽

History Of ◽

The Indian Ocean

The colonization of Madagascar by Austronesian-speaking people during AD 50–500 represents the most westerly point of the greatest diaspora in prehistory. A range of economically important plants and animals may have accompanied the Austronesians. Domestic chickens ( Gallus gallus ) are found in Madagascar, but it is unclear how they arrived there. Did they accompany the initial Austronesian-speaking populations that reached Madagascar via the Indian Ocean or were they late arrivals with Arabian and African sea-farers? To address this question, we investigated the mitochondrial DNA control region diversity of modern chickens sampled from around the Indian Ocean rim (Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa and Madagascar). In contrast to the linguistic and human genetic evidence indicating dual African and Southeast Asian ancestry of the Malagasy people, we find that chickens in Madagascar only share a common ancestor with East Africa, which together are genetically closer to South Asian chickens than to those in Southeast Asia. This suggests that the earliest expansion of Austronesian-speaking people across the Indian Ocean did not successfully introduce chickens to Madagascar. Our results further demonstrate the complexity of the translocation history of introduced domesticates in Madagascar.

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