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Mitochondrial DNA variability in Russians and Ukrainians: implication to the origin of the Eastern Slavs.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Malyarchuk B A, Derenko M V
Abstract excerpt
In order to investigate the origin of the Eastern Slavs, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation was examined in Russians and Ukrainians by hypervariable segment I (HVS I) sequencing and restriction analysis of the haplogroup-specific sites. No significant differences were found for Russians and Ukrainians when compared to other Europeans - in fact, they fall within the range of gene diversity seen...
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