Article
Genetic relationships of European populations reflect their ethnohistorical affinities.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 May 1993
Sokal R R, Jacquez G M, Oden N L, DiGiovanni D, Falsetti A B, McGee E, Thomson B A
Abstract excerpt
From 420 records of ethnic locations and movements since 2000 B.C., we computed vectors describing the proportions which peoples of the various European language families contributed to the gene pools within 85 land-based 5 x 5-degree quadrats in Europe. Using these language family vectors, we computed ethnohistorical affinities as arc distances between all pairs of the 85 quadrats. These affinities are...
Topics
- Alleles
- Emigration and Immigration
- Ethnicity
- Europe
- Gene Frequency
- History, 15th Century
- History, 16th Century
- History, 17th Century
- History, 18th Century
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century