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[Geographic distribution of surnames and genetic structure: the county of Ardeche at the beginning of the twentieth century].
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie III, Sciences de la vie - 1 Jul 2001
Vernay M
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The analysis of the geographical distribution of surnames (whose transmission in the European societies is similar to that of the Y chromosome) allows to study in an exhaustive way the spatial and temporal human population structure and the influence of environmental variations on this structure. The genetic structure of the Ardèche county was analysed through a study of the surname characteristics (diversity,...
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