Naslov
Croatian maternal and paternal genetic heritage in a wider European context

Autori
Havaš Auguštin, Dubravka ; Šarac, Jelena ; Šarić, Tena ; Novokmet, Natalija ; Missoni, Saša ; Rudan, Pavao

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, ostalo

Skup
4th Annual Medigene Meeting

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 27.11.2015. - 28.11.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
maternal and paternal genetic heritage; Croatia

Sažetak
Located in the Southeastern Europe, as a part of a wider Mediterranean region, contemporary Croatian territory has been for millenniums a crossroad of prehistoric and historic migrations, as well as a corridor and most probably a point of origin for a gene flow between distant regions. While Croatian mainland population genetically fits very well into the broader European context, its Eastern Adriatic islands population in many cases showed some deviations from the standard European background in frequency and composition of certain haplogroups, both in paternal and maternal genetic structure. Some of our islands (Cres, Rab, Mljet) can be considered as genetic outliers, not only on a local, but also on a European level. Distinct features of the Adriatic island isolates such as their reproductive and geographic isolation and high inbreeding level together with significant effect of evolutionary forces enabled for certain (pre)historic demographic events to be captured and mirrored in the genetic structure of their contemporary populations as a relic of past events. This lecture will give short overview of past and present genetic research in the Institute for Anthropological Research and our contribution in the MEDIGENE project.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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