Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations

Genome Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Tambets, Kristiina ^a   Yunusbayev, Bayazit ^a,b   Hudjashov, Georgi ^a,c   Ilumäe, Anne Mai ^a   Rootsi, Siiri ^a   Honkola, Terhi ^d,e   Vesakoski, Outi ^d   Atkinson, Quentin ^f,g   Skoglund, Pontus ^h   Kushniarevich, Alena ^a,i   Litvinov, Sergey ^a,j   Reidla, Maere ^a   Metspalu, Ene ^a   Saag, Lehti ^a   Rantanen, Timo ^d   Karmin, Monika ^a   Parik, Jüri ^a   Zhadanov, Sergey I ^a,k   Gubina, Marina ^a,l   Damba, Larisa D ^a,m   Bermisheva, Marina ^a,j   Reisberg, Tuuli ^a   Dibirova, Khadizhat ^a,n   Evseeva, Irina ^o,p   Nelis, Mari ^q   Klovins, Janis ^r   Metspalu, Andres ^q   Esko, Tõnu ^q   Balanovsky, Oleg ^n,s   Balanovska, Elena ⁿ   Khusnutdinova, Elza K ^j,t   Osipova, Ludmila P ^l,u   Voevoda, Mikhail ^l,u,v   Villems, Richard ^a   Kivisild, Toomas ^a,w,x   Metspalu, Mait ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Institute of Mathematics   (Russian Federation)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g Francis Crick Institute ^*  (Germany)

^h THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND CYTOLOGY   (Belarus)

^j INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^k MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^m Research Institute of Medical and Social Problems   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^o NORTHERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^p Anthony Nolan   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^r LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

^s VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^t Birsk Branch of Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education Bashkir State University   (Russian Federation)

^u NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^v INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

Genome wide analysis; Haplotype analysis; IBD segments; Population genetics; Uralic languages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESTONIAN (CITIZEN); FEMALE; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGARIAN (CITIZEN); IDENTITY; LANGUAGE; POPULATION GENETICS; SISTER; URALIC PEOPLE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 85053601969     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1522-1     Document Type: Article

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