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A Y-chromosomal comparison of the Madjars (Kazakhstan) and the Magyars (Hungary).
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 2009
Bíró A Z, Zalán A, Völgyi A, Pamjav H
Abstract excerpt
The Madjars are a previously unstudied population from Kazakhstan who practice a form of local exogamy in which wives are brought in from neighboring tribes, but husbands are not, so the paternal lineages remain genetically isolated within the population. Their name bears a striking resemblance to the Magyars who have inhabited Hungary for over a millennium, but whose previous history is poorly understood. We...
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