Reconstructing Native American population history

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 488; no. 7411; pp. 370 - 374
• Main Authors: Reich, David, Patterson, Nick, Campbell, Desmond, Tandon, Arti, Mazieres, Stéphane, Ray, Nicolas, Parra, Maria V., Rojas, Winston, Duque, Constanza, Mesa, Natalia, García, Luis F., Triana, Omar, Blair, Silvia, Maestre, Amanda, Dib, Juan C., Bravi, Claudio M., Bailliet, Graciela, Corach, Daniel, Hünemeier, Tábita, Bortolini, Maria Cátira, Salzano, Francisco M., Petzl-Erler, María Luiza, Acuña-Alonzo, Victor, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos, Canizales-Quinteros, Samuel, Tusié-Luna, Teresa, Riba, Laura, Rodríguez-Cruz, Maricela, Lopez-Alarcón, Mardia, Coral-Vazquez, Ramón, Canto-Cetina, Thelma, Silva-Zolezzi, Irma, Fernandez-Lopez, Juan Carlos, Contreras, Alejandra V., Jimenez-Sanchez, Gerardo, Gómez-Vázquez, Maria José, Molina, Julio, Carracedo, Ángel, Salas, Antonio, Gallo, Carla, Poletti, Giovanni, Witonsky, David B., Alkorta-Aranburu, Gorka, Sukernik, Rem I., Osipova, Ludmila, Fedorova, Sardana A., Vasquez, René, Villena, Mercedes, Moreau, Claudia, Barrantes, Ramiro, Pauls, David, Excoffier, Laurent, Bedoya, Gabriel, Rothhammer, Francisco, Dugoujon, Jean-Michel, Larrouy, Georges, Klitz, William, Labuda, Damian, Kidd, Judith, Kidd, Kenneth, Di Rienzo, Anna, Freimer, Nelson B., Price, Alkes L., Ruiz-Linares, Andrés
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 16.08.2012; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/181/19; 631/208/457; Americas; Asia; Biological and medical sciences; Biological anthropology; Cluster Analysis; Emigration and Immigration - history; Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Flow; Genealogy; Genetic diversity; Genetics; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Genetics, Population; Genomes; History, Ancient; Human; Human genetics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Indians, North American - genetics; Indians, North American - history; Indigenous peoples; Inuit; letter; Life Sciences; Mitochondrial DNA; Models, Genetic; multidisciplinary; Native Americans; Native North Americans; Natural history; Phylogeny; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics; Population genetics; Population genetics, reproduction patterns; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Siberia; Studies; Trees; Russian Federation; Eurasia; America; Siberia; Americas; Asia; Canada; United States > US; Arctic region; ASW, South America; ANW, Canada; INW, Russia, Siberia; Panama; PN, Arctic; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Case history; Peopling; Native species

A survey of genetic variation in Native American and Siberian populations reveals that Native Americans are descended from at least three streams of gene flow from Asia: after the initial peopling of the continent there was a southward expansion facilitated by the coast, with sequential population s...