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ArticleNature communications2017

Ancestry and demography and descendants of Iron Age nomads of the Eurasian Steppe.

Martina Unterländer, Friso Palstra, Iosif Lazaridis, Aleksandr Pilipenko, Zuzana Hofmanová, Melanie Groß, Christian Sell, Jens Blöcher, Karola Kirsanow, Nadin Rohland and 15 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68citing papers in PubMed
12.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 15 institutions in 6 countries.

Martina UnterländerPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Friso PalstraCNRS UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75016 Paris, France.
Iosif LazaridisDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Aleksandr PilipenkoInstitute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Akademika Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
Zuzana HofmanováPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Melanie GroßPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Christian SellPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Jens BlöcherPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Karola KirsanowPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Nadin RohlandDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Benjamin RiegerMolecular Genetics and Genome Analysis Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Elke KaiserDepartment of History and Cultural Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Wolfram SchierDepartment of History and Cultural Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Dimitri PozdniakovInstitute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Akademika Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
Aleksandr KhokhlovSamara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Samara 443099, Russian Federation.
Myriam GeorgesCNRS UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75016 Paris, France.
Sandra WildePalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Adam PowellPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Evelyne HeyerCNRS UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75016 Paris, France.
Mathias CurratDépt. de Génétique &Evolution, Unité d'anthropologie, Université de Genève, 1205 Genève, Suisse.
David ReichDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Zainolla SamashevBranch of Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
Hermann ParzingerStiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 10785 Berlin, Germany.
Vyacheslav I MolodinInstitute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Akademika Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
Joachim BurgerPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEÉco-Anthropologie · FRFreie Universität Berlin · DEBroad Institute · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRHarvard University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography · RUInstitute of Archaeology named after A.Kh.Margulan · KZInstitute of Cytology and Genetics · RUMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History · DENovosibirsk State University · RUPrussian Cultural Heritage Foundation · DESamara State University of Social Sciences and Education · RUUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

Population mixture in evolutionary and medical geneticsR01GM100233 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PATTERSON, NICK J, REICH, DAVID E · 2012 to 2019
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Gene FlowModels, StatisticalAsian PeopleDatasets as TopicDNA, MitochondrialGenetic VariationGrasslandHistory, AncientHuman MigrationHumansKazakhstanMaleRussiaTransients and MigrantsWhite PeopleDNA, Mitochondrial

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PMCPMC5337992
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