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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Genome Research, 4(25), p. 459-466, 2015

DOI: 10.1101/gr.186684.114

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

Journal article published in 2015 by Monika Karmin, Lauri Saag, Mário Vicente, Melissa A. Wilson Sayres ORCID, Mari Järve, Ulvi Gerst Talas, Siiri Rootsi, Anne-Mai Ilumäe, Anne-Mai Ilumäe Reedik Mägi, Mario Mitt, Mario Mitt Luca Pagani ORCID, Tarmo Puurand, Zuzana Faltyskova, Florian Clemente, Alexia Cardona and other authors.
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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.