Article
[Migration of the Walser population].
Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur - 1 Jun 1990
Scheil H G, Scheffrahn W, Buchli G, Buchli G
Abstract excerpt
Migrations in prehistoric and protohistoric man are responsible for the genetic similarity observable in recent populations. As a consequence of these early migrations, small groups were founded and the resultant genetic drift and isolation were often involved in the differentiation of some populations. The Walsers of the Grisons (Switzerland) present a good example of these inter-related population-genetic...
Topics
- Alleles
- Biological Evolution
- Consanguinity
- Gene Frequency
- Gene Pool
- Genetic Markers
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Pedigree
- Population Dynamics
- Switzerland