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Culture creates genetic structure in the Caucasus: autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y-chromosomal variation in Daghestan.
BMC genetics - 17 Jul 2008
Marchani Elizabeth E, Watkins W Scott, Bulayeva Kazima, Harpending Henry C, Jorde Lynn B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Near the junction of three major continents, the Caucasus region has been an important thoroughfare for human migration. While the Caucasus Mountains have diverted human traffic to the few lowland regions that provide a gateway from north to south between the Caspian and Black Seas, highland populations have been isolated by their remote geographic location and their practice of patrilocal endogamy....
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