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Genetic affinities among the historical provinces of Romania and Central Europe as revealed by an mtDNA analysis.
BMC genetics - 7 Mar 2017
Cocoş Relu, Schipor Sorina, Hervella Montserrat, Cianga Petru, Popescu Roxana, Bănescu Claudia, Constantinescu Mihai, Martinescu Alina, Raicu Florina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: As a major crossroads between Asia and Europe, Romania has experienced continuous migration and invasion episodes. The precise routes may have been shaped by the topology of the territory and had diverse impacts on the genetic structure of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in historical Romanian provinces. We studied 714 Romanians from all historical provinces, Wallachia, Dobrudja, Moldavia, and Transylvania,...
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