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A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture

  • Monika Karmin
  • , Lauri Saag
  • , Mário Vicente
  • , Melissa A. Wilson Sayres
  • , Mari Järve
  • , Ulvi Gerst Talas
  • , Siiri Rootsi
  • , Anne Mai Ilumäe
  • , Reedik Mägi
  • , Mario Mitt
  • , Luca Pagani
  • , Tarmo Puurand
  • , Zuzana Faltyskova
  • , Florian Clemente
  • , Alexia Cardona
  • , Ene Metspalu
  • , Hovhannes Sahakyan
  • , Bayazit Yunusbayev
  • , Georgi Hudjashov
  • , Michael DeGiorgio
  • Eva Liis Loogväli, Christina Eichstaedt, Mikk Eelmets, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Kristiina Tambets, Sergei Litvinov, Maru Mormina, Yali Xue, Qasim Ayub, Grigor Zoraqi, Thorfinn S. Korneliussen, Farida Akhatova, Joseph Lachance, Sarah Tishkoff, Kuvat Momynaliev, François Xavier Ricaut, Pradiptajati Kusuma, Harilanto Razafindrazaka, Denis Pierron, Murray P. Cox, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Rane Willerslev, Craig Muller, Michael Westaway, David Lambert, Vedrana Skaro, Lejla Kovačević, Shahlo Turdikulova, Dilbar Dalimova, Rita Khusainova, Natalya Trofimova, Vita Akhmetova, Irina Khidiyatova, Daria V. Lichman, Jainagul Isakova, Elvira Pocheshkhova, Zhaxylyk Sabitov, Nikolay A. Barashkov, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Evelin Mihailov, Joseph Wee Tien Seng, Irina Evseeva, Andrea Bamberg Migliano, Syafiq Abdullah, George Andriadze, Dragan Primorac, Lubov Atramentova, Olga Utevska, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Damir Marjanović, Alena Kushniarevich, Doron M. Behar, Christian Gilissen, Lisenka Vissers, Joris A. Veltman, Elena Balanovska, Miroslava Derenko, Boris Malyarchuk, Andres Metspalu, Sardana Fedorova, Anders Eriksson, Andrea Manica, Fernando L. Mendez, Tatiana M. Karafet, Krishna R. Veeramah, Neil Bradman, Michael F. Hammer, Ludmila P. Osipova, Oleg Balanovsky, Elza K. Khusnutdinova, Knut Johnsen, Maido Remm, Mark G. Thomas, Chris Tyler-Smith, Peter A. Underhill, Eske Willerslev, Rasmus Nielsen, Mait Metspalu, Richard Villems, Toomas Kivisild
  • University of Tartu
  • University of Tartu
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Arizona State University
  • National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • The University of Auckland
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Winchester
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute
  • University Medical Center of Tirana "Mother Teresa"
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Ufa University of Science and Technology
  • Kazan Volga Region Federal University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • DNcode Laboratories
  • Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier
  • Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology
  • Massey University
  • University of Dhaka
  • Aarhus University
  • Griffith University Queensland
  • Genos Ltd.
  • Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
  • Centogene AG
  • Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
  • Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine
  • Russian Ministry of Health
  • L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
  • Nazarbayev University
  • Yakut Scientific Centre of Complex Medical Problems
  • North-Eastern Federal University
  • Mongolian Academy of Medical Sciences
  • National Cancer Centre
  • Northern State Medical Academy
  • Anthony Nolan
  • University College London
  • Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital
  • St. Andrews Georgian University
  • St. Catherine Specialty Hospital
  • University of Split
  • V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
  • International Burch University
  • Belarus Academy of Sciences
  • Radboud University Nijmegen
  • Research Centre for Medical Genetics
  • Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Stanford University
  • University of Arizona
  • Henry Stewart Group
  • University Hospital of North Norway
  • Estonian Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

It is commonly thought that human genetic diversity in non-African populations was shaped primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50-100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a study of 456 geographically diverse high-coverage Y chromosome sequences, including 299 newly reported samples. Applying ancient DNA calibration, we date the Y-chromosomal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) in Africa at 254 (95% CI 192-307) kya and detect a cluster of major non-African founder haplogroups in a narrow time interval at 47-52 kya, consistent with a rapid initial colonization model of Eurasia and Oceania after the out-of-Africa bottleneck. In contrast to demographic reconstructions based on mtDNA, we infer a second strong bottleneck in Y-chromosome lineages dating to the last 10 ky. We hypothesize that this bottleneck is caused by cultural changes affecting variance of reproductive success among males.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)459-466
Number of pages8
JournalGenome Research
Volume25
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2015

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