RESEARCH ARTICLES

 

What follows are journal articles that contain information that will better help participants understand their findings and how they fit into the picture of European settlement.  Some, particularly the latter, contain databases in the form of tables or figures.

 

It is noteworthy that all of the articles recommended below are found in the American Journal of Human Genetics  (AJHG).  In order to access the articles, simple go to www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG with the Volume number, first page number, and year.  After publication articles are available in electronic form for downloading 6 months later.  Since this journal is so pivotal in providing research papers that are useful for the Shetland Islands mtDNA project it would be a good idea to check the general site every so often to see what is available.

 

1)  Martin Richards et al.  "Tracing European Founder Lineages in the Near East", Vol. 67, pp. 1251-1276, 2000.

 

2)  Sarra Finnila at al.  "Phylogenetic Network for European mtDNA", Vol. 68, pp. 1475-1484, 2001.

 

3)  Agnar Helgason et al.  "mtDNA and the Origins of the Icelanders:  Deciphering Signals of Recent Population History", Vol. 66, pp. 999-1016, 2000.

 

4)  Agnar Helgason et al.  "mtDNA and the Islands of the North Atlantic:  Estimating the Proportions of Norse and Gaelic Ancestry", Vol. 68, pp. 723-737, 2001.

 

The latter paper has a number of very useful tables and figures.  Two noteable examples are "Haplogroup and Subcluster Frequencies for European Populations" www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v68n3/002146/002146.tb3.html; and 

"Schematic Phylogenetic Representation of mtDNA Lineage"

www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v68n3/002146/002146.fg2.html.  

 5)   Brian McEvoy et al. “The Longue Duree of Genetic Ancestry:  Multiple Genetic Marker Systems and Celtic Origins on the Atlantic Façade of Europe”, Vol. 75, (pages unavailable at time of writing), 2004.

 

Although this paper is unavailable at present, it will be available in early 2005.