Female and Male Perspectives on the Neolithic Transition in Europe: Clues from Ancient and Modern Genetic Data

Rasteiro, Rita; Chikhi, Lounès

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Female and Male Perspectives on the Neolithic Transition in Europe: Clues from Ancient and Modern Genetic Data

2013-04-17Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Rasteiro, Rita
dc.contributor.author	Chikhi, Lounès
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-06T17:44:15Z
dc.date.available	2015-11-06T17:44:15Z
dc.date.issued	2013-04-17
dc.description.abstract	The arrival of agriculture into Europe during the Neolithic transition brought a significant shift in human lifestyle and subsistence. However, the conditions under which the spread of the new culture and technologies occurred are still debated. Similarly, the roles played by women and men during the Neolithic transition are not well understood, probably due to the fact that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y chromosome (NRY) data are usually studied independently rather than within the same statistical framework. Here, we applied an integrative approach, using different model-based inferential techniques, to analyse published datasets from contemporary and ancient European populations. By integrating mtDNA and NRY data into the same admixture approach, we show that both males and females underwent the same admixture history and both support the demic diffusion model of Ammerman and Cavalli-Sforza. Similarly, the patterns of genetic diversity found in extant and ancient populations demonstrate that both modern and ancient mtDNA support the demic diffusion model. They also show that population structure and differential growth between farmers and hunter-gatherers are necessary to explain both types of data. However, we also found some differences between male and female markers, suggesting that the female effective population size was larger than that of the males, probably due to different demographic histories. We argue that these differences are most probably related to the various shifts in cultural practices and lifestyles that followed the Neolithic Transition, such as sedentism, the shift from polygyny to monogamy or the increase of patrilocality.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	FCT grant: (SFRH/BD/30821/2006), CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), Laboratoire d’Excellence LABEX TULIP (ANR-10-LABX-41), CALMIP, Toulouse grants: (2010-P1038, 2012-P1244).	pt_PT
dc.identifier	10.1371/journal.pone.0060944
dc.identifier.citation	Rasteiro R, Chikhi L (2013) Female and Male Perspectives on the Neolithic Transition in Europe: Clues from Ancient and Modern Genetic Data. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60944. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060944	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1371/journal.pone.0060944
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/476
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	PLOS	pt_PT
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dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Mitochondrial DNA	pt_PT
dc.subject	Paleogenetics	pt_PT
dc.subject	Agriculture	pt_PT
dc.subject	Europe	pt_PT
dc.subject	Demography	pt_PT
dc.subject	Population genetics	pt_PT
dc.subject	Archaeology	pt_PT
dc.subject	Phylogeography	pt_PT
dc.title	Female and Male Perspectives on the Neolithic Transition in Europe: Clues from Ancient and Modern Genetic Data	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.title	PLOS One	pt_PT
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