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[Gene pool of ethnic groups of the caucasus: results of integrated study of the Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA and genome-wide data].
Genetika - 1 Jun 2012
Khusnutdinova E K, Litvinov S S, Kutuev I A, Iunusbaev B B, Khusainova R I, Akhmetova V L, Ahatova F S, Metspalu E, Rootsi S, Villems R
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity has been analyzed in 22 ethnic groups of the Caucasus on the basis of data on Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers, as well as genome-wide data on autosomal single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). It has been found that the West Asian component is prevailing in all ethnic groups studied except for Nogays. This Near Eastern ancestral component has proved to be characteristic of...
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