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Genetic variation in the enigmatic Altaian Kazakhs of South-Central Russia: insights into Turkic population history.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 2008
Gokcumen Omer, Dulik Matthew C, Pai Athma A, Zhadanov Sergey I, Rubinstein Samara, Osipova Ludmila P, Andreenkov Oleg V, Tabikhanova Ludmila E, Gubina Marina A, Labuda Damian, Schurr Theodore G
Abstract excerpt
The Altaian Kazakhs, a Turkic speaking group, now reside in the southern part of the Altai Republic in south-central Russia. According to historical accounts, they are one of several ethnic and geographical subdivisions of the Kazakh nomadic group that migrated from China and Western Mongolia into the Altai region during the 19th Century. However, their population history of the Altaian Kazakhs and the genetic...
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