The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact

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The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact. / Waples, Ryan K.; Hauptmann, Aviaja L.; Seiding, Inge Høst; Jørsboe, Emil; Jørgensen, Marit E.; Grarup, Niels; Andersen, Mette K.; Larsen, Christina V. L.; Bjerregaard, Peter; Hellenthal, Garrett; Hansen, Torben; Albrechtsen, Anders; Moltke, Ida.

In: Current Biology, Vol. 31, No. 10, 2021, p. 2214-2219.e4.

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Waples, RK, Hauptmann, AL, Seiding, IH, Jørsboe, E, Jørgensen, ME, Grarup, N, Andersen, MK, Larsen, CVL, Bjerregaard, P, Hellenthal, G, Hansen, T, Albrechtsen, A & Moltke, I 2021, 'The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact', Current Biology, vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 2214-2219.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.041

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Waples, R. K., Hauptmann, A. L., Seiding, I. H., Jørsboe, E., Jørgensen, M. E., Grarup, N., Andersen, M. K., Larsen, C. V. L., Bjerregaard, P., Hellenthal, G., Hansen, T., Albrechtsen, A., & Moltke, I. (2021). The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact. Current Biology, 31(10), 2214-2219.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.041

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Waples RK, Hauptmann AL, Seiding IH, Jørsboe E, Jørgensen ME, Grarup N et al. The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact. Current Biology. 2021;31(10):2214-2219.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.041

Author

Waples, Ryan K. ; Hauptmann, Aviaja L. ; Seiding, Inge Høst ; Jørsboe, Emil ; Jørgensen, Marit E. ; Grarup, Niels ; Andersen, Mette K. ; Larsen, Christina V. L. ; Bjerregaard, Peter ; Hellenthal, Garrett ; Hansen, Torben ; Albrechtsen, Anders ; Moltke, Ida. / The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact. In: Current Biology. 2021 ; Vol. 31, No. 10. pp. 2214-2219.e4.

Bibtex

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title = "The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact",
abstract = "The Inuit ancestors of the Greenlandic people arrived in Greenland close to 1,000 years ago.1 Since then, Europeans from many different countries have been present in Greenland. Consequently, the present-day Greenlandic population has ∼25% of its genetic ancestry from Europe.2 In this study, we investigated to what extent different European countries have contributed to this genetic ancestry. We combined dense SNP chip data from 3,972 Greenlanders and 8,275 Europeans from 14 countries and inferred the ancestry contribution from each of these 14 countries using haplotype-based methods. Due to the rapid increase in population size in Greenland over the past ∼100 years, we hypothesized that earlier European interactions, such as pre-colonial Dutch whalers and early German and Danish-Norwegian missionaries, as well as the later Danish colonists and post-colonial immigrants, all contributed European genetic ancestry. However, we found that the European ancestry is almost entirely Danish and that a substantial fraction is from admixture that took place within the last few generations.",
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AU - Jørgensen, Marit E.

AU - Grarup, Niels

AU - Andersen, Mette K.

AU - Larsen, Christina V. L.

AU - Bjerregaard, Peter

AU - Hellenthal, Garrett

AU - Hansen, Torben

AU - Albrechtsen, Anders

AU - Moltke, Ida

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N2 - The Inuit ancestors of the Greenlandic people arrived in Greenland close to 1,000 years ago.1 Since then, Europeans from many different countries have been present in Greenland. Consequently, the present-day Greenlandic population has ∼25% of its genetic ancestry from Europe.2 In this study, we investigated to what extent different European countries have contributed to this genetic ancestry. We combined dense SNP chip data from 3,972 Greenlanders and 8,275 Europeans from 14 countries and inferred the ancestry contribution from each of these 14 countries using haplotype-based methods. Due to the rapid increase in population size in Greenland over the past ∼100 years, we hypothesized that earlier European interactions, such as pre-colonial Dutch whalers and early German and Danish-Norwegian missionaries, as well as the later Danish colonists and post-colonial immigrants, all contributed European genetic ancestry. However, we found that the European ancestry is almost entirely Danish and that a substantial fraction is from admixture that took place within the last few generations.

AB - The Inuit ancestors of the Greenlandic people arrived in Greenland close to 1,000 years ago.1 Since then, Europeans from many different countries have been present in Greenland. Consequently, the present-day Greenlandic population has ∼25% of its genetic ancestry from Europe.2 In this study, we investigated to what extent different European countries have contributed to this genetic ancestry. We combined dense SNP chip data from 3,972 Greenlanders and 8,275 Europeans from 14 countries and inferred the ancestry contribution from each of these 14 countries using haplotype-based methods. Due to the rapid increase in population size in Greenland over the past ∼100 years, we hypothesized that earlier European interactions, such as pre-colonial Dutch whalers and early German and Danish-Norwegian missionaries, as well as the later Danish colonists and post-colonial immigrants, all contributed European genetic ancestry. However, we found that the European ancestry is almost entirely Danish and that a substantial fraction is from admixture that took place within the last few generations.

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