Abstract
The population history of Aboriginal Australians remains largely uncharacterized. Here we generate high-coverage genomes for 83 Aboriginal Australians (speakers of Pama-Nyungan languages) and 25 Papuans from the New Guinea Highlands. We find that Papuan and Aboriginal Australian ancestors diversified 25-40 thousand years ago (kya), suggesting pre-Holocene population structure in the ancient continent of Sahul (Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania). However, all of the studied Aboriginal Australians descend from a single founding population that differentiated ~10-32 kya. We infer a population expansion in northeast Australia during the Holocene epoch (past 10,000 years) associated with limited gene flow from this region to the rest of Australia, consistent with the spread of the Pama-Nyungan languages. We estimate that Aboriginal Australians and Papuans diverged from Eurasians 51-72 kya, following a single out-of-Africa dispersal, and subsequently admixed with archaic populations. Finally, we report evidence of selection in Aboriginal Australians potentially associated with living in the desert.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Nature |
Vol/bind | 538 |
Udgave nummer | 7624 |
Sider (fra-til) | 207-214 |
Antal sider | 8 |
ISSN | 0028-0836 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2016 |
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A genomic history of aboriginal Australia. / Malaspinas, Anna Sapfo; Westaway, Michael C.; Muller, Craig Edwin; Sousa, Vitor C.; Lao, Oscar; Alves, Isabel; Bergström, Anders; Athanasiadis, Georgios; Cheng, Jade Yu; Crawford, Jacob E.; Heupink, Tim H.; Macholdt, Enrico; Peischl, Stephan; Rasmussen, Simon; Schiffels, Stephan; Subramanian, Sankar; Wright, Joanne L; Albrechtsen, Anders; Barbieri, Chiara; Dupanloup, Isabelle; Eriksson, Anders; Margaryan, Ashot; Moltke, Ida; Pugach, Irina; Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand; Levkivskyi, Ivan P.; Moreno Mayar, José Victor; Ni, Shengyu; Racimo, Fernando; Sikora, Martin; Xue, Yali; Aghakhanian, Farhang A.; Brucato, Nicolas; Brunak, Søren; Campos, Paula; Clark, Warren; Ellingvåg, Sturla; Fourmile, Gudjugudju; Gerbault, Pascale; Injie, Darren; Koki, George; Leavesley, Matthew; Logan, Betty; Lynch, Aubrey; Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth A.; McAllister, Peter J.; Mentzer, Alexander J.; Metspalu, Mait; Migliano, Andrea B; Murgha, Les; Phipps, Maude E; Pomat, William; Reynolds, Doc; Ricaut, Francois-Xavier; Siba, Peter; Thomas, Mark G.; Wales, Thomas; Wall, Colleen Ma'run; Oppenheimer, Stephen J; Tyler-Smith, Chris; Durbin, Richard; Dortch, Joe; Manica, Andrea; Schierup, Mikkel H.; Foley, Robert A.; Lahr, Marta Mirazón; Bowern, Claire; Wall, Jeffrey D.; Mailund, Thomas; Stoneking, Mark; Nielsen, Rasmus; Sandhu, Manjinder S.; Excoffier, Laurent; Lambert, David M.; Willerslev, Eske.
I: Nature, Bind 538, Nr. 7624, 2016, s. 207-214.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A genomic history of aboriginal Australia
AU - Malaspinas, Anna Sapfo
AU - Westaway, Michael C.
AU - Muller, Craig Edwin
AU - Sousa, Vitor C.
AU - Lao, Oscar
AU - Alves, Isabel
AU - Bergström, Anders
AU - Athanasiadis, Georgios
AU - Cheng, Jade Yu
AU - Crawford, Jacob E.
AU - Heupink, Tim H.
AU - Macholdt, Enrico
AU - Peischl, Stephan
AU - Rasmussen, Simon
AU - Schiffels, Stephan
AU - Subramanian, Sankar
AU - Wright, Joanne L
AU - Albrechtsen, Anders
AU - Barbieri, Chiara
AU - Dupanloup, Isabelle
AU - Eriksson, Anders
AU - Margaryan, Ashot
AU - Moltke, Ida
AU - Pugach, Irina
AU - Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand
AU - Levkivskyi, Ivan P.
AU - Moreno Mayar, José Victor
AU - Ni, Shengyu
AU - Racimo, Fernando
AU - Sikora, Martin
AU - Xue, Yali
AU - Aghakhanian, Farhang A.
AU - Brucato, Nicolas
AU - Brunak, Søren
AU - Campos, Paula
AU - Clark, Warren
AU - Ellingvåg, Sturla
AU - Fourmile, Gudjugudju
AU - Gerbault, Pascale
AU - Injie, Darren
AU - Koki, George
AU - Leavesley, Matthew
AU - Logan, Betty
AU - Lynch, Aubrey
AU - Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth A.
AU - McAllister, Peter J.
AU - Mentzer, Alexander J.
AU - Metspalu, Mait
AU - Migliano, Andrea B
AU - Murgha, Les
AU - Phipps, Maude E
AU - Pomat, William
AU - Reynolds, Doc
AU - Ricaut, Francois-Xavier
AU - Siba, Peter
AU - Thomas, Mark G.
AU - Wales, Thomas
AU - Wall, Colleen Ma'run
AU - Oppenheimer, Stephen J
AU - Tyler-Smith, Chris
AU - Durbin, Richard
AU - Dortch, Joe
AU - Manica, Andrea
AU - Schierup, Mikkel H.
AU - Foley, Robert A.
AU - Lahr, Marta Mirazón
AU - Bowern, Claire
AU - Wall, Jeffrey D.
AU - Mailund, Thomas
AU - Stoneking, Mark
AU - Nielsen, Rasmus
AU - Sandhu, Manjinder S.
AU - Excoffier, Laurent
AU - Lambert, David M.
AU - Willerslev, Eske
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The population history of Aboriginal Australians remains largely uncharacterized. Here we generate high-coverage genomes for 83 Aboriginal Australians (speakers of Pama-Nyungan languages) and 25 Papuans from the New Guinea Highlands. We find that Papuan and Aboriginal Australian ancestors diversified 25-40 thousand years ago (kya), suggesting pre-Holocene population structure in the ancient continent of Sahul (Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania). However, all of the studied Aboriginal Australians descend from a single founding population that differentiated ~10-32 kya. We infer a population expansion in northeast Australia during the Holocene epoch (past 10,000 years) associated with limited gene flow from this region to the rest of Australia, consistent with the spread of the Pama-Nyungan languages. We estimate that Aboriginal Australians and Papuans diverged from Eurasians 51-72 kya, following a single out-of-Africa dispersal, and subsequently admixed with archaic populations. Finally, we report evidence of selection in Aboriginal Australians potentially associated with living in the desert.
AB - The population history of Aboriginal Australians remains largely uncharacterized. Here we generate high-coverage genomes for 83 Aboriginal Australians (speakers of Pama-Nyungan languages) and 25 Papuans from the New Guinea Highlands. We find that Papuan and Aboriginal Australian ancestors diversified 25-40 thousand years ago (kya), suggesting pre-Holocene population structure in the ancient continent of Sahul (Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania). However, all of the studied Aboriginal Australians descend from a single founding population that differentiated ~10-32 kya. We infer a population expansion in northeast Australia during the Holocene epoch (past 10,000 years) associated with limited gene flow from this region to the rest of Australia, consistent with the spread of the Pama-Nyungan languages. We estimate that Aboriginal Australians and Papuans diverged from Eurasians 51-72 kya, following a single out-of-Africa dispersal, and subsequently admixed with archaic populations. Finally, we report evidence of selection in Aboriginal Australians potentially associated with living in the desert.
U2 - 10.1038/nature18299
DO - 10.1038/nature18299
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27654914
VL - 538
SP - 207
EP - 214
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 7624
ER -