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High Y-chromosomal diversity and low relatedness between paternal lineages on a communal scale in the Western European Low Countries during the surname establishment
There is limited knowledge on the biological relatedness between citizens and on the demographical dynamics within villages, towns and cities in pre-17th century Western Europe. By combining Y-chromosomal geno...
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In the name of the migrant father—Analysis of surname origins identifies genetic admixture events undetectable from genealogical records
Patrilineal heritable surnames are widely used to select autochthonous participants for studies on small-scale population genetic patterns owing to the unique link between the surname and a genetic marker, the...
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Pitfalls in the analysis of mitochondrial DNA from ancient specimens and the consequences for forensic DNA analysis: the historical case of the putative heart of Louis XVII
Amplification of mtDNA D-loop fragments with a length of 200 bp or more from ancient and even from fairly recent biological samples, can lead to erroneous results. This was clearly illustrated in our investig...
