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Uncovering genetic signatures of the Walser migration in the Alps: Patterns of diversity and differentiation.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Mar 2025
Resutik Peter, Schneider Joëlle, Aeschbacher Simon, Vigeland Magnus Dehli, Gysi Mario, Moser Corinne, Barbieri Chiara, Widmer Paul, Currat Mathias, Kratzer Adelgunde, Krützen Michael, Haas Cordula, Arora Natasha
Abstract excerpt
Since leaving Africa, human populations have gone through a series of range expansions. While the genomic signatures of these expansions are well detectable on a continental scale, the genomic consequences of small-scale expansions over shorter time spans are more challenging to disentangle. The medieval migration of the Walser people from their homeland in ssouthern Switzerland (Upper Valais) into other regions...
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- Humans
- Genetics, Population
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Genetic Variation
- Switzerland