As someone who knows very little about genetics, I've always wondered how much shared ancestry is needed for genetic cluster to form? With groups like Finns and Ashkenazi Jews we know that those genetic clusters formed due them deriving most of their ancestry from just a few hundred people and...
After thinking about the genetic pre history of Europe, a question came to mind and I'm curious if anyone here knows. Is there any estimates on the population size of certain key periods in Europe's pre-history from archaeologists or geneticists. In particular I'm wondering how many farmers left...
Genomic Data from an Ancient European Battlefield Indicates On-Going Strong Selection on a Genomic Region Associated with Lactase Persistence Over the Last 3,000 Years
Abstract
Lactase persistence (LP), the continued expression of lactase into adulthood, is the most strongly selected single...
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