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Ashot Margaryan1,2,3, Daniel J Lawson4,5, Martin Sikora1, Fernando Racimo1, Simon Rasmussen6, Ida Moltke7, Lara M Cassidy8, Emil Jørsboe7,9, Andrés Ingason1,10,11, Mikkel W Pedersen1, Thorfinn Korneliussen1,12, Helene Wilhelmson13,14, Magdalena M Buś15, Peter de Barros Damgaard1, Rui Martiniano16, Gabriel Renaud1,17, Claude Bhérer18, J Víctor Moreno-Mayar1,19, Anna K Fotakis3, Marie Allen15, Raili Allmäe20, Martyna Molak21, Enrico Cappellini3, Gabriele Scorrano3, Hugh McColl1, Alexandra Buzhilova22, Allison Fox23, Anders Albrechtsen7, Berit Schütz24, Birgitte Skar25, Caroline Arcini26, Ceri Falys27, Charlotte Hedenstierna Jonson28, Dariusz Błaszczyk29, Denis Pezhemsky22, Gordon Turner-Walker30, Hildur Gestsdóttir31, Inge Lundstrøm3, Ingrid Gustin13, Ingrid Mainland32, Inna Potekhina33, Italo M Muntoni34, Jade Cheng1, Jesper Stenderup1, Jilong Ma1, Julie Gibson32, Jüri Peets20, Jörgen Gustafsson35, Katrine H Iversen6,17, Linzi Simpson36, Lisa Strand25, Louise Loe37, Maeve Sikora38, Marek Florek39, Maria Vretemark40, Mark Redknap41, Monika Bajka42, Tamara Pushkina43, Morten Søvsø44, Natalia Grigoreva45, Tom Christensen46, Ole Kastholm47, Otto Uldum48, Pasquale Favia49, Per Holck50, Sabine Sten51, Símun V Arge52, Sturla Ellingvåg1, Vayacheslav Moiseyev53, Wiesław Bogdanowicz21, Yvonne Magnusson54, Ludovic Orlando55, Peter Pentz46, Mads Dengsø Jessen46, Anne Pedersen46, Mark Collard56, Daniel G Bradley8, Marie Louise Jørkov57, Jette Arneborg46,58, Niels Lynnerup57, Neil Price28, M Thomas P Gilbert3,59, Morten E Allentoft1,60, Jan Bill61, Søren M Sindbæk62, Lotte Hedeager63, Kristian Kristiansen64, Rasmus Nielsen65,66,67, Thomas Werge68,69,70,71, Eske Willerslev72,73,74,75.
Abstract
The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (about AD 750-1050) was a far-flung transformation in world history1,2. Here we sequenced the genomes of 442 humans from archaeological sites across Europe and Greenland (to a median depth of about 1×) to understand the global influence of this expansion. We find the Viking period involved gene flow into Scandinavia from the south and east. We observe genetic structure within Scandinavia, with diversity hotspots in the south and restricted gene flow within Scandinavia. We find evidence for a major influx of Danish ancestry into England; a Swedish influx into the Baltic; and Norwegian influx into Ireland, Iceland and Greenland. Additionally, we see substantial ancestry from elsewhere in Europe entering Scandinavia during the Viking Age. Our ancient DNA analysis also revealed that a Viking expedition included close family members. By comparing with modern populations, we find that pigmentation-associated loci have undergone strong population differentiation during the past millennium, and trace positively selected loci-including the lactase-persistence allele of LCT and alleles of ANKA that are associated with the immune response-in detail. We conclude that the Viking diaspora was characterized by substantial transregional engagement: distinct populations influenced the genomic makeup of different regions of Europe, and Scandinavia experienced increased contact with the rest of the continent.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID： 32939067 DOI： 10.1038/s41586-020-2688-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN： 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962