Impact of agricultural land use in Central Asia: a review

A Hamidov, K Helming, D Balla - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2016 - Springer
Agriculture is major sector in the economy of Central Asia. The sustainable use of
agricultural land is therefore essential to economic growth, human well-being, social equity …

A standardized framework for representation of ancestry data in genomics studies, with application to the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog

J Morales, D Welter, EH Bowler, M Cerezo, LW Harris… - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
The accurate description of ancestry is essential to interpret, access, and integrate human
genomics data, and to ensure that these benefit individuals from all ancestral backgrounds …

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

M Unterländer, F Palstra, I Lazaridis, A Pilipenko… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
During the 1st millennium before the Common Era (BCE), nomadic tribes associated with
the Iron Age Scythian culture spread over the Eurasian Steppe, covering a territory of more …

Shared and unique components of human population structure and genome-wide signals of positive selection in South Asia

M Metspalu, IG Romero, B Yunusbayev… - The American Journal of …, 2011 - cell.com
South Asia harbors one of the highest levels genetic diversity in Eurasia, which could be
interpreted as a result of its long-term large effective population size and of admixture during …

Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome variation provides evidence for a recent common ancestry between Native Americans and Indigenous Altaians

MC Dulik, SI Zhadanov, LP Osipova, A Askapuli… - The American Journal of …, 2012 - cell.com
The Altai region of southern Siberia has played a critical role in the peopling of northern Asia
as an entry point into Siberia and a possible homeland for ancestral Native Americans. It has …

[HTML][HTML] Afghan Hindu Kush: where Eurasian sub-continent gene flows converge

J Di Cristofaro, E Pennarun, S Mazières, NM Myres… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Despite being located at the crossroads of Asia, genetics of the Afghanistan populations
have been largely overlooked. It is currently inhabited by five major ethnic populations …

[HTML][HTML] Afghanistan's ethnic groups share a Y-chromosomal heritage structured by historical events

M Haber, DE Platt, MA Bonab, SC Youhanna… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Afghanistan has held a strategic position throughout history. It has been inhabited since the
Paleolithic and later became a crossroad for expanding civilizations and empires …

Early modern human dispersal from Africa: genomic evidence for multiple waves of migration

F Tassi, S Ghirotto, M Mezzavilla, ST Vilaça… - Investigative …, 2015 - Springer
Background Anthropological and genetic data agree in indicating the African continent as
the main place of origin for anatomically modern humans. However, it is unclear whether …

Positive selection of protective variants for type 2 diabetes from the Neolithic onward: a case study in Central Asia

L Ségurel, F Austerlitz, B Toupance, M Gautier… - European Journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
The high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and its uneven distribution among human
populations is both a major public health concern and a puzzle in evolutionary biology. Why …

Lactase persistence in central Asia: phenotype, genotype, and evolution

E Heyer, L Brazier, L Segurel, T Hegay, F Austerlitz… - Human biology, 2011 - BioOne
The aim of the present study is to document the evolution of the lactase persistence trait in
Central Asia, a geographical area that is thought to have been a region of long-term …