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Coalescent simulations of Yakut mtDNA variation suggest small founding population.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Aug 2009
Zlojutro Mark, Tarskaia Larissa A, Sorensen Mark, Snodgrass J Josh, Leonard William R, Crawford Michael H
Abstract excerpt
The Yakuts are a Turkic-speaking population from northeastern Siberia who are believed to have originated from ancient Turkic populations in South Siberia, based on archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence. In order to better understand Yakut origins, we modeled 25 demographic scenarios and tested by coalescent simulation whether any are consistent with the patterns of mtDNA diversity observed in present-day...
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