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Across language families: Genome diversity mirrors linguistic variation within Europe.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Aug 2015

Longobardi Giuseppe, Ghirotto Silvia, Guardiano Cristina, Tassi Francesca, Benazzo Andrea, Ceolin Andrea, Barbujani Guido

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OBJECTIVES: The notion that patterns of linguistic and biological variation may cast light on each other and on population histories dates back to Darwin's times; yet, turning this intuition into a proper research program has met with serious methodological difficulties, especially affecting language comparisons. This article takes advantage of two new tools of comparative linguistics: a refined list of...

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Algorithms
Anthropology, Physical
Biological Evolution
Europe
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Genome
Humans
Language
Models, Statistical
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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PMID: 26059462
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22758
PMCID: PMC5095809

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