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Eight Millennia of Matrilineal Genetic Continuity in the South Caucasus.
Current biology : CB - 10 Jul 2017
Margaryan Ashot, Derenko Miroslava, Hovhannisyan Hrant, Malyarchuk Boris, Heller Rasmus, Khachatryan Zaruhi, Avetisyan Pavel, Badalyan Ruben, Bobokhyan Arsen, Melikyan Varduhi, Sargsyan Gagik, Piliposyan Ashot, Simonyan Hakob, Mkrtchyan Ruzan, Denisova Galina, Yepiskoposyan Levon, Willerslev Eske, Allentoft Morten E
Abstract excerpt
The South Caucasus, situated between the Black and Caspian Seas, geographically links Europe with the Near East and has served as a crossroad for human migrations for many millennia [1-7]. Despite a vast archaeological record showing distinct cultural turnovers, the demographic events that shaped the human populations of this region is not known [8, 9]. To shed light on the maternal genetic history of the region,...
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