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Stolarek et al

"[h=1]Goth migration induced changes in the matrilineal genetic structure of the central-east European population"[/h]
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43183-w

"For years, the issues related to the origin of the Goths and their early migrations in the Iron Age have been a matter of hot debate among archaeologists. Unfortunately, the lack of new independent data has precluded the evaluation of the existing hypothesis. To overcome this problem, we initiated systematic studies of the populations inhabiting the contemporary territory of Poland during the Iron Age. Here, we present an analysis of mitochondrial DNA isolated from 27 individuals (collectively called the Mas-VBIA group) excavated from an Iron Age cemetery (dated to the 2nd-4th century A.D.) attributed to Goths and located near Masłomęcz, eastern Poland. We found that Mas-VBIA has similar genetic diversity to present-day Asian populations and higher diversity than that of contemporary Europeans. Our studies revealed close genetic links between the Mas-VBIA and two other Iron Age populations from the Jutland peninsula and from Kowalewko, located in western Poland. We disclosed the genetic connection between the Mas-VBIA and ancient Pontic-Caspian steppe groups. Similar connections were absent in the chronologically earlier Kowalewko and Jutland peninsula populations. The collected results seem to be consistent with the historical narrative that assumed that the Goths originated in southern Scandinavia; then, at least part of the Goth population moved south through the territory of contemporary Poland towards the Black Sea region, where they mixed with local populations and formed the Chernyakhov culture. Finally, a fraction of the Chernyakhov population returned to the southeast region of present-day Poland and established the archaeological formation called the “Masłomęcz group”."

 
SampleHaplogroupAnthropological sexGenetic sexmtDNA contamination
PCA0088U3a1aMlow chrX and chrY coverage0.9898451
PCA0089J1c3FF0.9610449
PCA0090U3a1aF0.9935336
PCA0091U5a1b3M0.9964154
PCA0092H16FF0.9970401
PCA0093T1a9MM0.9048376
PCA0094HV0fFF0.9726827
PCA0095H11a1low chrX and chrY coverage0.9812048
PCA0096U4c1low chrX and chrY coverage0.9292417
PCA0097T2a1alow chrX and chrY coverage0.988292
PCA0098H1e2low chrX and chrY coverage0.9980056
PCA0099H1cgF0.9373612
PCA0100HV0fMM0.9963028
PCA0101U5a2b3low chrX and chrY coverage0.9964521
PCA0102K1c1MM0.9945874
PCA0103H2a1aFF0.9289728
PCA0104H1a3low chrX and chrY coverage0.9814315
PCA0105U5a2a1F0.9984908
PCA0106T2blow chrX and chrY coverage0.9841855
PCA0107U5a1b1elow chrX and chrY coverage0.9879122
PCA0108T2b23low chrX and chrY coverage0.9255117
PCA0109K1a27F0.9818328
PCA0110H5e1bMM0.9880837
PCA0111N1a1a1a2FF0.9538297
PCA0112T2b2blow chrX and chrY coverage0.9910141
PCA0113Vlow chrX and chrY coverage0.8358445
PCA0114H7a1alow chrX and chrY coverage0.9844894
 

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