Russian old believers: Genetic consequences of their persecution and exile, as shown by mitochondrial DNA evidence

Human Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-237

  Rubinstein, Samara ^a,b   Dulik, Matthew C ^c   Gokcumen, Omer ^c   Zhadanov, Sergey ^c,d   Osipova, Ludmila ^d   Cocca, Maggie ^c   Mehta, Nishi ^c   Gubina, Marina ^d   Posukh, Olga ^d   Schurr, Theodore G ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Founder effects; Haplogroups; Haplotypes; Siberia; Slavs

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RELIGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; PILOT STUDY;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RUSSIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 59449090039     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/1534-6617-80.3.203     Document Type: Article

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