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Genetic traces of east-to-west human expansion waves in Eurasia.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 2008
Chaix Raphaëlle, Austerlitz Frédéric, Hegay Tatyana, Quintana-Murci Lluís, Heyer Evelyne
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we describe the landscape of human demographic expansions in Eurasia using a large continental Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA dataset. Variation at these two uniparentally-inherited genetic systems retraces expansions that occurred in the past 60 ky, and shows a clear decrease...
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