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The ancient Yakuts: a population genetic enigma.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 Jan 2015
Keyser Christine, Hollard Clémence, Gonzalez Angela, Fausser Jean-Luc, Rivals Eric, Alexeev Anatoly Nikolayevich, Riberon Alexandre, Crubézy Eric, Ludes Bertrand
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This study is part of an ongoing project aiming at determining the ethnogenesis of an eastern Siberian ethnic group, the Yakuts, on the basis of archaeological excavations carried out over a period of 10 years in three regions of Yakutia: Central Yakutia, the Vilyuy River basin and the Verkhoyansk area. In this study, genetic analyses were carried out on skeletal remains from 130 individuals of unknown ancestry...
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