Article
Mitochondrial DNA variation and language replacements in the Caucasus.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jun 2001
Nasidze I, Stoneking M
Abstract excerpt
Sequences of the first hypervariable segment of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region were obtained from 353 individuals representing nine groups and four major linguistic families (Indo-European, Altaic and North and South Caucasian) of the Caucasus region. The diversity within and between Caucasus populations exceeded the diversity within Europe, but was less than that in the Near East. Caucasus...
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