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An investigation of differentiation between Cornwall and Devon based on history, surnames, and Y-chromosomes

2020-01-01

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Understanding genetic diversity among human populations can help uncover their histories. In 2015 the 'People of the British Isles' (PoBI) study of autosome-wide diversity revealed subtle but significantly different genetic clusters, including a clear distinction between the neighbouring counties of Cornwall and Devon; it proposed that Bodmin Moor and the River Tamar had formed a barrier between the two. This thes...

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DOI: 10.25392/leicester.data.11791260.v1

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