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Autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y chromosome DNA variation in Finland: evidence for a male-specific bottleneck.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Apr 1999
Kittles R A, Bergen A W, Urbanek M, Virkkunen M, Linnoila M, Goldman D, Long J C
Abstract excerpt
The high prevalence of rare genetic diseases in Finland has been attributed to a founder effect some 2,000 years ago. However, this hypothesis has not been supported from mtDNA sequence and autosomal microsatellite data which indicate high levels of gene diversity. Here we have identified genetic...
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