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Genetic evidence for a family-based Scandinavian settlement of Shetland and Orkney during the Viking periods.
Heredity - 1 Aug 2005
Goodacre S, Helgason A, Nicholson J, Southam L, Ferguson L, Hickey E, Vega E, Stefánsson K, Ward R, Sykes B
Abstract excerpt
The Viking age witnessed the expansion of Scandinavian invaders across much of northwestern Europe. While Scandinavian settlements had an enduring cultural impact on North Atlantic populations, the nature and extent of their genetic legacy in places such as Shetland and Orkney is not clear. In order to explore this question further, we have made an extensive survey of both Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA...
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