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Is urbanization scrambling the genetic structure of human populations? A case study.

Heredity - 1 Mar 2007

Ashrafian-Bonab M, Lawson Handley L J, Balloux F

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Recent population expansion and increased migration linked to urbanization are assumed to be eroding the genetic structure of human populations. We investigated change in population structure over three generations by analysing both demographic and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) data from a random sample of 2351 men from 22 Iranian populations. Potential changes in genetic diversity (theta) and genetic distance...

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PMID: 17106453
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800918
PMCID: PMC1808191

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