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Unravelling migrations in the steppe: mitochondrial DNA sequences from ancient central Asians.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 May 2004
Lalueza-Fox C, Sampietro M L, Gilbert M T P, Castri L, Facchini F, Pettener D, Bertranpetit J
Abstract excerpt
This study helps to clarify the debate on the Western and Eastern genetic influences in Central Asia. Thirty-six skeletal remains from Kazakhstan (Central Asia), excavated from different sites dating between the fifteenth century BC to the fifth century AD, have been analysed for the hypervariable control region (HVR-I) and haplogroup diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the mitochondrial DNA...
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