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TL;DR: The processes that shaped modern European mtDNA variation remain unclear as mentioned in this paper, and the initial peopling by Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers and the immigration of Neolithic farmers into Europe ~8000 years ago appear to have played important roles but do not explain present-day mtDNA diversity.

TL;DR: This transect through time reveals four key population events associated with well-known archaeological cultures, which involved genetic influx into Central Europe from various directions at various times, revealing a key role for Late Neolithic cultures in shaping modern Central European genetic diversity.

TL;DR: Comprehensive Y chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA population genetic analyses demonstrate a clear affinity of the early farmers to the modern Near East and Caucasus, tracing the expansion from that region through southeastern Europe and the Carpathian Basin into Central Europe.

TL;DR: Men and women had a similar roles in the Early Neolithic migration process but their dispersal patterns were determined by sex-specific rules, and further support the migration from the Near East into Central Europe along the Continental route of Neolithisation.

TL;DR: The inferred amino acid sequences of 11 open reading frames (ORFs) show significant similarity with known proteins from various organisms, whereas the remaining ORF does not share any similarity withknown proteins.