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From social to genetic structures in central Asia.
Current biology : CB - 9 Jan 2007
Chaix Raphaëlle, Quintana-Murci Lluís, Hegay Tatyana, Hammer Michael F, Mobasher Zahra, Austerlitz Frédéric, Heyer Evelyne
Abstract excerpt
Pastoral and farmer populations, who have coexisted in Central Asia since the fourth millennium B.C., present not only different lifestyles and means of subsistence but also various types of social organization. Pastoral populations are organized into so-called descent groups (tribes, clans, and lineages) and practice exogamous marriages (a man chooses a bride in a different lineage or clan). In Central Asia,...
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