A population genetic study in Finland: comparison of the Finnish- and Swedish-speaking populations.

doi:10.1159/000154009

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A population genetic study in Finland: comparison of the Finnish- and Swedish-speaking populations.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 1991

Virtaranta-Knowles K, Sistonen P, Nevanlinna H R

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In Finland there is a substantial but geographically limited Swedish-speaking minority (in 1980 6.3% of the total population) which originates mainly from Swedish immigrants during the years 1100-1300 AD. The admixture of this population with the neighbouring Finns was studied using more than 20...

Topics

Autoantigens
Blood Proteins
Chromosome Mapping
Erythrocytes
Finland
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sweden

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