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Close genetic relationship between Semitic-speaking and Indo-European-speaking groups in Iran.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Mar 2008
Nasidze I, Quinque D, Rahmani M, Alemohamad S A, Stoneking M
Abstract excerpt
As part of a continuing investigation of the extent to which the genetic and linguistic relationships of populations are correlated, we analyzed mtDNA HV1 sequences, eleven Y chromosome bi-allelic markers, and 9 Y-STR loci in two neighboring groups from the southwest of Iran who speak languages belonging to different families: Indo-European-speaking Bakhtiari, and Semitic-speaking Arabs. Both mtDNA and the Y...
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