Isérables: a Bedouin village in Switzerland?

doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8583-6_19

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Isérables: a Bedouin village in Switzerland?

EXS - 1 Jan 1993

Brandt-Casadevall C, Dimo-Simonin N, Sutter A, Gujer H R

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Isérables is an alpine village--about 1000 inhabitants--which remained isolated till these recent years because of its particular geographical situation. The Isérables inhabitants call themselves "Bedjuis" (Bedouin in local dialect) and regard themselves as descendants of the Sarrazins who invade...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
DNA
DNA Fingerprinting
Ethnicity
Female
Genetics, Population
Humans
Male
Polymorphism, Genetic
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Switzerland
White People

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