Study of Netherlanders

[Neon Knight]

Published on-line, June 2014: http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v46/n8/full/ng.3021.html


Population genetic analyses demonstrate fine-scale structure across the country and support multiple ancient migrations, consistent with historical changes in sea level and flooding.

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v46/n8/extref/ng.3021-S1.pdf

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v46/n8/images/ng.3021-F4.jpg

[Neon Knight]

Dutch press report, Google-translated:

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.nl%2Fnieuws%2F2014%2F06%2F3 0%2Fnederlandse-dna-atlas-toont-een-honkvast-volk%2F


People from historical richer parts of the country, such as Utrecht and South Holland, share more DNA variants with people from other provinces. A consequence of urbanization, people from across the country traveled to the big cities and took their genes.

For millennia old DNA variants, the researchers saw a different pattern. Dutch share ancient DNA variants often with people from Groningen and Friesland, no matter what province they come from themselves. Flooding forced northern coast residents of the country to withdraw again. Thus their DNA was mixed with that of the inhabitants inland, the researchers believe.