Human Genome Diversity Lab
As its name reveals, the interests of this lab’s research are focused on the analysis of the human genome diversity with the aim of inferring the genomic and population processes that are responsible for this diversity, and outlining the population and epidemiological consequences of the human genetic variability. Its main research lines are, therefore, not only connected with human genome diversity, but also with population genetics, genome variation and disease susceptibility, and genome evolution and disease.
Lab website: Comas Lab
Mondal M, Casals F, Xu T, Dall'Olio GM, Pybus M, Netea MG, Comas D, Laayouni H, Li Q, Majumder PP, Bertranpetit J. 2016. Genomic analysis of Andamanese provides insights into ancient human migration into Asia and adaptation. Nature Genetics, 48(9):1066-1070. DOI:10.1038/ng.3621
Martínez-Cruz B, Mendizabal I, Harmant C, de Pablo R, Ioana M, Angelicheva D, Kouvatsi A, Makukh H, Netea MG, Pamjav H, Zalán A, Tournev I, Marushiakova E, Popov V, Bertranpetit J, Kalaydjieva L, Quintana-Murci L, Comas D. 2016. Origins, admixture and founder lineages in European Roma. European Journal of Human Genetics, 24(6):937-943. DOI:10.1038/ejhg.2015.201
Mallick S, Li H, Lipson M, Mathieson I, Gymrek M, Racimo F, Zhao M, Chennagiri N, Nordenfelt S, Tandon A, Skoglund P, Lazaridis I, Sankararaman S, Fu Q, Rohland N, Renaud G, Erlich Y, Willems T, Gallo C, Spence JP, Song YS, Poletti G, Balloux F, van Driem G, de Knijff P, Romero IG, Jha AR, Behar DM, Bravi CM, Capelli C, Hervig T, Moreno-Estrada A, Posukh OL, Balanovska E, Balanovsky O, Karachanak-Yankova S, Sahakyan H, Toncheva D, Yepiskoposyan L, Tyler-Smith C, Xue Y, Abdullah MS, Ruiz-Linares A, Beall CM, Di Rienzo A, Jeong C, Starikovskaya EB, Metspalu E, Parik J, Villems R, Henn BM, Hodoglugil U, Mahley R, Sajantila A, Stamatoyannopoulos G, Wee JT, Khusainova R, Khusnutdinova E, Litvinov S, Ayodo G, Comas D, Hammer MF, Kivisild T, Klitz W, Winkler CA, Labuda D, Bamshad M, Jorde LB, Tishkoff SA, Watkins WS, Metspalu M, Dryomov S, Sukernik R, Singh L, Thangaraj K, Pääbo S, Kelso J, Patterson N, Reich D. 2016. The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations. Nature, 538(7624):201-206. DOI:10.1038/nature18964
Lobon I, Tucci S, de Manuel M, Ghirotto S, Benazzo A, Prado-Martinez J, Lorente-Galdos B, Nam K, Dabad M, Hernandez-Rodriguez J, Comas D, Navarro A, Schierup MH, Andres AM, Barbujani G, Hvilsom C, Marques-Bonet T. 2016. Demographic history of the genus Pan inferred from whole mitochondrial genome reconstructions. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(6):2020-2030. DOI:10.1093/gbe/evw124
Lazaridis I, Nadel D, Rollefson G, Merrett DC, Rohland N, Mallick S, Fernandes D, Novak M, Gamarra B, Sirak K, Connell S, Stewardson K, Harney E, Fu Q, Gonzalez-Fortes G, Jones ER, Roodenberg SA, Lengyel G, Bocquentin F, Gasparian B, Monge JM, Gregg M, Eshed V, Mizrahi AS, Meiklejohn C, Gerritsen F, Bejenaru L, Blüher M, Campbell A, Cavalleri G, Comas D, Froguel P, Gilbert E, Kerr SM, Kovacs P, Krause J, McGettigan D, Merrigan M, Merriwether DA, O'Reilly S, Richards MB, Semino O, Shamoon-Pour M, Stefanescu G, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Torroni A, Wilson JF, Yengo L, Hovhannisyan NA, Patterson N, Pinhasi R, Reich D. 2016. Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East. Nature, 536(7617):419-424. DOI:10.1038/nature19310
Haber M, Mezzavilla M, Xue Y, Comas D, Gasparini P, Zalloua P, Tyler-Smith C. 2016. Genetic evidence for an origin of the Armenians from Bronze Age mixing of multiple populations. European Journal of Human Genetics, 24(6):931-936. DOI:10.1038/ejhg.2015.206
Flesch BK, Morar B, Comas D, Muñiz-Diaz E, Nogués N, Kalaydjieva L. 2016. The AQP1 del601G mutation in different European Romani (Gypsy) populations. Blood Transfusion, 14(6):580-581. DOI:10.2450/2016.0274-15
Colobran R, Franco-Jarava C, Martín-Nalda A, Baena N, Gabau E, Padilla N, de la Cruz X, Pujol-Borrell R, Comas D, Soler-Palacín P, Hernández-González M. 2016. Novel Mutations Causing C5 Deficiency in Three North-African Families. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 36(4):388-396. DOI:10.1007/s10875-016-0275-4
Sudmant PH, Mallick S, Nelson BJ, Hormozdiari F, Krumm N, Huddleston J, Coe BP, Baker C, Nordenfelt S, Bamshad M, Jorde LB, Posukh OL, Sahakyan H, Watkins WS, Yepiskoposyan L, Abdullah MS, Bravi CM, Capelli C, Hervig T, Wee JT, Tyler-Smith C, van Driem G, Romero IG, Jha AR, Karachanak-Yankova S, Toncheva D, Comas D, Henn B, Kivisild T, Ruiz-Linares A, Sajantila A, Metspalu E, Parik J, Villems R, Starikovskaya EB, Ayodo G, Beall CM, Di Rienzo A, Hammer MF, Khusainova R, Khusnutdinova E, Klitz W, Winkler C, Labuda D, Metspalu M, Tishkoff SA, Dryomov S, Sukernik R, Patterson N, Reich D, Eichler EE. 2015. Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation. Science, 349(6253). DOI:10.1126/science.aab3761
Solé-Morata N, Bertranpetit J, Comas D, Calafell F. 2015. Y-chromosome diversity in Catalan suRNAme samples: Insights into suRNAme origin and frequency. European Journal of Human Genetics, 23(11):1549-1557. DOI:10.1038/ejhg.2015.14
Dobon B, Hassan HY, Laayouni H, Luisi P, Ricaño-Ponce I, Zhernakova A, Wijmenga C, Tahir H, Comas D, Netea MG, Bertranpetit J. 2015. The genetics of East African populations: A Nilo-Saharan component in the African genetic landscape. Scientific Reports, 5(November 2014):1-11. DOI:10.1038/srep09996
Bilgin Sonay T, Carvalho T, Robinson MD, Greminger MP, Krützen M, Comas D, Highnam G, Mittelman D, Sharp A, Marques-Bonet T, Wagner A. 2015. Tandem repeat variation in human and great ape populations and its impact on gene expression divergence. Genome Research, 25(11):1591-1599. DOI:10.1101/gr.190868.115
Bekada A, Arauna LR, Deba T, Calafell F, Benhamamouch S, Comas D. 2015. Genetic heterogeneity in Algerian human populations. PLoS ONE, 10(9):1-15. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0138453
Solé-Morata, N.; Bertranpetit, J.; Comas, D.; and Calafell, F. 2014. Recent Radiation of R-M269 and High Y-STR Haplotype Resemblance Confirmed. Annals of Human Genetics 78 (4):253-254.
Lansari A, Hugemann K, Hauswaldt JS, Donaire D, Slimani T, Tejedo M, Joger U, González De La Vega JP, Díaz-Rodríguez J, Galán P, De Pous P, Nicolas V, Carranza S, Vences M, Barnestein JAM, Bouazza A, Sanuy D, Bogaerts S, El Mouden H, Ohler A, Amat F. 2014. New insights on phylogeography and distribution of painted frogs (Discoglossus) in northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. Amphibia Reptilia, 35(3):305-320. DOI:10.1163/15685381-00002954
Engelken J, Carnero-Montoro E, Pybus M, Andrews GK, Lalueza-Fox C, Comas D, Sekler I, de la Rasilla M, Rosas A, Stoneking M, Valverde MA, Vicente R, Bosch E. 2014. Extreme Population Differences in the Human Zinc Transporter ZIP4 (SLC39A4) Are Explained by Positive Selection in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Genetics, 10(2). DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004128
Elhaik E, Tatarinova T, Chebotarev D, Piras IS, Maria Calò C, De Montis A, Atzori M, Marini M, Tofanelli S, Francalacci P, Pagani L, Tyler-Smith C, Xue Y, Cucca F, Schurr TG, Gaieski JB, Melendez C, Vilar MG, Owings AC, Gómez R, Fujita R, Santos FR, Comas D, Balanovsky O, Balanovska E, Zalloua P, Soodyall H, Pitchappan R, Ganeshprasad A, Hammer M, Matisoo-Smith L, Wells RS; Genographic Consortium. 2014. Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins. Nature Communications, 5. DOI:10.1038/ncomms4513
Clarke AC, Prost S, Stanton JA, White WT, Kaplan ME, Matisoo-Smith EA; Genographic Consortium. 2014. From cheek swabs to consensus sequences: An A to Z protocol for high-throughput DNA sequencing of complete human mitochondrial genomes. BMC Genomics, 15(1):1-12. DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-15-68
Ballantyne KN, Ralf A, Aboukhalid R, Achakzai NM, Anjos MJ, Ayub Q, Balažic J, Ballantyne J, Ballard DJ, Berger B, Bobillo C, Bouabdellah M, Burri H, Capal T, Caratti S, Cárdenas J, Cartault F, Carvalho EF, Carvalho M, Cheng B, Coble MD, Comas D, Corach D, D'Amato ME, Davison S, de Knijff P, De Ungria MC, Decorte R, Dobosz T, Dupuy BM, Elmrghni S, Gliwiński M, Gomes SC, Grol L, Haas C, Hanson E, Henke J, Henke L, Herrera-Rodríguez F, Hill CR, Holmlund G, Honda K, Immel UD, Inokuchi S, Jobling MA, Kaddura M, Kim JS, Kim SH, Kim W, King TE, Klausriegler E, Kling D, Kovačević L, Kovatsi L, Krajewski P, Kravchenko S, Larmuseau MH, Lee EY, Lessig R, Livshits LA, Marjanović D, Minarik M, Mizuno N, Moreira H, Morling N, Mukherjee M, Munier P, Nagaraju J, Neuhuber F, Nie S, Nilasitsataporn P, Nishi T, Oh HH, Olofsson J, Onofri V, Palo JU, Pamjav H, Parson W, Petlach M, Phillips C, Ploski R, Prasad SP, Primorac D, Purnomo GA, Purps J, Rangel-Villalobos H, Rębała K, Rerkamnuaychoke B, Gonzalez DR, Robino C, Roewer L, Rosa A, Sajantila A, Sala A, Salvador JM, Sanz P, Schmitt C, Sharma AK, Silva DA, Shin KJ, Sijen T, Sirker M, Siváková D, Skaro V, Solano-Matamoros C, Souto L, Stenzl V, Sudoyo H, Syndercombe-Court D, Tagliabracci A, Taylor D, Tillmar A, Tsybovsky IS, Tyler-Smith C, van der Gaag KJ, Vanek D, Völgyi A, Ward D, Willemse P, Yap EP, Yong RY, Pajnič IZ, Kayser M. 2014. Toward Male Individualization with Rapidly Mutating Y-Chromosomal Short Tandem Repeats. Human Mutation, 35(8):1021-1032. DOI:10.1002/humu.22599
Setó-Salvia N, Sánchez-Quinto F, Carbonell E, Lorenzo C, Comas D, Clarimón J. 2013. Using the Neandertal and Denisova genetic data to understand the common MAPT 17q21 inversion in modern humans. Human Biology, 84(6):633-640. DOI:10.3378/027.084.0605
Rębała K, Martínez-Cruz B, Tönjes A, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Lindner I, Büttner A, Wichmann HE, Siváková D, Soták M, Quintana-Murci L, Szczerkowska Z, Comas D; Genographic Consortium. 2013. Contemporary paternal genetic landscape of Polish and German populations: From early medieval Slavic expansion to post-World War II resettlements. European Journal of Human Genetics, 21(4):415-422. DOI:10.1038/ejhg.2012.190
Prieto L, Alves C, Zimmermann B, Tagliabracci A, Prieto V, Montesino M, Whittle MR, Anjos MJ, Cardoso S, Heinrichs B, Hernandez A, López-Parra AM, Sala A, Saragoni VG, Burgos G, Marino M, Paredes M, Mora-Torres CA, Angulo R, Chemale G, Vullo C, Sánchez-Simón M, Comas D, Puente J, López-Cubría CM, Modesti N, Aler M, Merigioli S, Betancor E, Pedrosa S, Plaza G, Masciovecchio MV, Schneider PM, Parson W. 2013. GHEP-ISFG proficiency test 2011: Paper challenge on evaluation of mitochondrial DNA results. Forensic Science International: Genetics, 7(1):10-15. DOI:10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.04.006
Prado-Martinez J, Sudmant PH, Kidd JM, Li H, Kelley JL, Lorente-Galdos B, Veeramah KR, Woerner AE, O'Connor TD, Santpere G, Cagan A, Theunert C, Casals F, Laayouni H, Munch K, Hobolth A, Halager AE, Malig M, Hernandez-Rodriguez J, Hernando-Herraez I, Prüfer K, Pybus M, Johnstone L, Lachmann M, Alkan C, Twigg D, Petit N, Baker C, Hormozdiari F, Fernandez-Callejo M, Dabad M, Wilson ML, Stevison L, Camprubí C, Carvalho T, Ruiz-Herrera A, Vives L, Mele M, Abello T, Kondova I, Bontrop RE, Pusey A, Lankester F, Kiyang JA, Bergl RA, Lonsdorf E, Myers S, Ventura M, Gagneux P, Comas D, Siegismund H, Blanc J, Agueda-Calpena L, Gut M, Fulton L, Tishkoff SA, Mullikin JC, Wilson RK, Gut IG, Gonder MK, Ryder OA, Hahn BH, Navarro A, Akey JM, Bertranpetit J, Reich D, Mailund T, Schierup MH, Hvilsom C, Andrés AM, Wall JD, Bustamante CD, Hammer MF, Eichler EE, Marques-Bonet T. 2013. Great ape genetic diversity and population history. Nature, 499(7459):471-475. DOI:10.1038/nature12228
Montano V, Marcari V, Pavanello M, Anyaele O, Comas D, Destro-Bisol G, Batini C. 2013. The influence of habitats on female mobility in Central and Western Africa inferred from human mitochondrial variation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13(1). DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-13-24
Messina, F.; Finocchio, A.; Rolfo, M. F.; [8 authors]; Berti, A.; Comas, D.; Rickards, O. 2013. Genetic analysis of some mountain communities of Central Italy isolated areas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 150:197-198
Mendizabal, I.; Lao, O.; Marigorta, U. M.; Kayser, M.; Comas, D. 2013. Implications of Population History of European Romani on Genetic Susceptibility to Disease. Human Heredity. 76 (3-4):194-200
Haber M, Gauguier D, Youhanna S, Patterson N, Moorjani P, Botigué LR, Platt DE, Matisoo-Smith E, Soria-Hernanz DF, Wells RS, Bertranpetit J, Tyler-Smith C, Comas D, Zalloua PA. 2013. Genome-Wide Diversity in the Levant Reveals Recent Structuring by Culture. PLoS Genetics, 9(2). DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003316
Fadhlaoui-Zid K, Haber M, Martínez-Cruz B, Zalloua P, Elgaaied AB, Comas D. 2013. Genome-wide and paternal diversity reveal a recent origin of human populations in north africa. PLoS ONE, 8(11). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0080293
Brotherton P, Haak W, Templeton J, Brandt G, Soubrier J, Jane Adler C, Richards SM, Der Sarkissian C, Ganslmeier R, Friederich S, Dresely V, van Oven M, Kenyon R, Van der Hoek MB, Korlach J, Luong K, Ho SYW, Quintana-Murci L, Behar DM, Meller H, Alt KW, Cooper A; Genographic Consortium. 2013. Neolithic mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans. Nature Communications, 4. DOI:10.1038/ncomms2656
Botigué LR, Henn BM, Gravel S, Maples BK, Gignoux CR, Corona E, Atzmon G, Burns E, Ostrer H, Flores C, Bertranpetit J, Comas D, Bustamante CD. 2013. Gene flow from North Africa contributes to differential human genetic diversity in southern europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(29):11791-11796. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1306223110
Boattini A, Martinez-Cruz B, Sarno S, Harmant C, Useli A, Sanz P, Yang-Yao D, Manry J, Ciani G, Luiselli D, Quintana-Murci L, Comas D, Pettener D; Genographic Consortium. 2013. Uniparental Markers in Italy Reveal a Sex-Biased Genetic Structure and Different Historical Strata. PLoS ONE, 8(5). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0065441
Badro DA, Douaihy B, Haber M, Youhanna SC, Salloum A, Ghassibe-Sabbagh M, Johnsrud B, Khazen G, Matisoo-Smith E, Soria-Hernanz DF, Wells RS, Tyler-Smith C, Platt DE, Zalloua PA; Genographic Consortium. 2013. Y-Chromosome and mtDNA Genetics Reveal Significant Contrasts in Affinities of Modern Middle Eastern Populations with European and African Populations. PLoS ONE, 8(1). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0054616
Schurr TG, Dulik MC, Owings AC, Zhadanov SI, Gaieski JB, Vilar MG, Ramos J, Moss MB, Natkong F; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Clan, language, and migration history has shaped genetic diversity in Haida and Tlingit populations from Southeast Alaska. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 148(3):422-435. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.22068
Sandoval K, Moreno-Estrada A, Mendizabal I, Underhill PA, Lopez-Valenzuela M, Peñaloza-Espinosa R, Lopez-Lopez M, Buentello-Malo L, Avelino H, Calafell F, Comas D. 2012. Y-chromosome diversity in Native Mexicans reveals continental transition of genetic structure in the Americas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 148(3):395-405. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.22062
Sánchez-Quinto F, Botigué LR, Civit S, Arenas C, Avila-Arcos MC, Bustamante CD, Comas D, Lalueza-Fox C. 2012. North African Populations Carry the Signature of Admixture with Neandertals. PLoS ONE, 7(10):1-6. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0047765
Pimenoff VN, Laval G, Comas D, Palo JU, Gut I, Cann H, Excoffier L, Sajantila A. 2012. Similarity in recombination rate and linkage disequilibrium at CYP2C and CYP2D cytochrome P450 gene regions among Europeans indicates signs of selection and no advantage of using tagSNPs in population isolates. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics, 22(12):846-857. DOI:10.1097/FPC.0b013e32835a3a6d
Mendizabal I, Marigorta UM, Lao O, Comas D. 2012. Adaptive evolution of loci covarying with the human African Pygmy phenotype. Human Genetics, 131(8):1305-1317. DOI:10.1007/s00439-012-1157-3
Mendizabal I, Lao O, Marigorta UM, Wollstein A, Gusmão L, Ferak V, Ioana M, Jordanova A, Kaneva R, Kouvatsi A, Kučinskas V, Makukh H, Metspalu A, Netea MG, de Pablo R, Pamjav H, Radojkovic D, Rolleston SJ, Sertic J, Macek M Jr, Comas D, Kayser M. 2012. Reconstructing the population history of European Romani from genome-wide data. Current Biology, 22(24):2342-2349. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.039
Melé M, Javed A, Pybus M, Zalloua P, Haber M, Comas D, Netea MG, Balanovsky O, Balanovska E, Jin L, Yang Y, Pitchappan RM, Arunkumar G, Parida L, Calafell F, Bertranpetit J; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Recombination gives a new insight in the effective population size and the history of the old world human populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29(1):25-30. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msr213
Martínez-Cruz B, Harmant C, Platt DE, Haak W, Manry J, Ramos-Luis E, Soria-Hernanz DF, Bauduer F, Salaberria J, Oyharçabal B, Quintana-Murci L, Comas D; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Evidence of pre-roman tribal genetic structure in basques from uniparentally inherited markers. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29(9):2211-2222. DOI:10.1093/molbev/mss091
Martinez-Cruz B, Ioana M, Calafell F, Arauna LR, Sanz P, Ionescu R, Boengiu S, Kalaydjieva L, Pamjav H, Makukh H, Plantinga T, van der Meer JW, Comas D, Netea MG; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Y-chromosome analysis in individuals bearing the Basarab name of the first dynasty of Wallachian kings. PLoS ONE, 7(7). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0041803
Lu Y, Wang C, Qin Z, Wen B, Farina SE, Jin L, Li H; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Mitochondrial origin of the matrilocal Mosuo people in China. Mitochondrial DNA, 23(1):13-19. DOI:10.3109/19401736.2011.643875
Kang L, Lu Y, Wang C, Hu K, Chen F, Liu K, Li S, Jin L, Li H; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Y-chromosome O3 Haplogroup Diversity in Sino-Tibetan Populations Reveals Two Migration Routes into the Eastern Himalayas. Annals of Human Genetics, 76(1):92-99. DOI:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00690.x
Javed A, Melé M, Pybus M, Zalloua P, Haber M, Comas D, Netea MG, Balanovsky O, Balanovska E, Jin L, Yang Y, Arunkumar G, Pitchappan R, Bertranpetit J, Calafell F, Parida L; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Recombination networks as genetic markers in a human variation study of the Old World. Human Genetics, 131(4):601-613. DOI:10.1007/s00439-011-1104-8
Henn BM, Botigué LR, Gravel S, Wang W, Brisbin A, Byrnes JK, Fadhlaoui-Zid K, Zalloua PA, Moreno-Estrada A, Bertranpetit J, Bustamante CD, Comas D. 2012. Genomic ancestry of North Africans supports back-to-Africa migrations. PLoS Genetics, 8(1). DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002397
Haber M, Youhanna SC, Balanovsky O, Saade S, Martínez-Cruz B, Ghassibe-Sabbagh M, Shasha N, Osman R, el Bayeh H, Koshel S, Zaporozhchenko V, Balanovska E, Soria-Hernanz DF, Platt DE, Zalloua PA. 2012. mtDNA Lineages Reveal Coronary Artery Disease-Associated Structures in the Lebanese Population. Annals of Human Genetics, 76(1):1-8. DOI:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00682.x
Dulik MC, Owings AC, Gaieski JB, Vilar MG, Andre A, Lennie C, Mackenzie MA, Kritsch I, Snowshoe S, Wright R, Martin J, Gibson N, Andrews TD, Schurr TG; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Y-chromosome analysis reveals genetic divergence and new founding native lineages in Athapaskan- and Eskimoan-speaking populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(22):8471-8476. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1118760109
Campbell CL, Palamara PF, Dubrovsky M, Botigué LR, Fellous M, Atzmon G, Oddoux C, Pearlman A, Hao L, Henn BM, Burns E, Bustamante CD, Comas D, Friedman E, Pe'er I, Ostrer H. 2012. North African Jewish and non-Jewish populations form distinctive, orthogonal clusters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(34):13865-13870. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1204840109
Behar DM, Harmant C, Manry J, van Oven M, Haak W, Martinez-Cruz B, Salaberria J, Oyharçabal B, Bauduer F, Comas D, Quintana-Murci L; Genographic Consortium. 2012. The Basque paradigm: Genetic evidence of a maternal continuity in the Franco-Cantabrian region since pre-neolithic times. American Journal of Human Genetics, 90(3):486-493. DOI:10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.01.002
Arunkumar G, Soria-Hernanz DF, Kavitha VJ, Arun VS, Syama A, Ashokan KS, Gandhirajan KT, Vijayakumar K, Narayanan M, Jayalakshmi M, Ziegle JS, Royyuru AK, Parida L, Wells RS, Renfrew C, Schurr TG, Smith CT, Platt DE, Pitchappan R; Genographic Consortium. 2012. Population Differentiation of Southern Indian Male Lineages Correlates with Agricultural Expansions Predating the Caste System. PLoS ONE, 7(11). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0050269