Genetic Heritage of the Balto-Slavic Speaking Populations: A Synthesis of Autosomal, Mitochondrial and Y-Chromosomal Data

The Slavic branch of the Balto-Slavic sub-family of Indo-European languages underwent rapid divergence as a result of the spatial expansion of its speakers from Central-East Europe, in early medieval times. This expansion–mainly to East Europe and the northern Balkans–resulted in the incorporation o...

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Main Authors: Kushniarevich, Alena, Utevska, Olga, Chuhryaeva, Marina, Agdzhoyan, Anastasia, Dibirova, Khadizhat, Uktveryte, Ingrida, Möls, Märt, Mulahasanovic, Lejla, Pshenichnov, Andrey, Frolova, Svetlana, Shanko, Andrey, Metspalu, Ene, Reidla, Maere, Tambets, Kristiina, Tamm, Erika, Koshel, Sergey, Zaporozhchenko, Valery, Atramentova, Lubov, Kučinskas, Vaidutis, Davydenko, Oleg, Goncharova, Olga, Evseeva, Irina, Churnosov, Michail, Pocheshchova, Elvira, Yunusbayev, Bayazit, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Marjanović, Damir, Rudan, Pavao, Rootsi, Siiri, Yankovsky, Nick, Endicott, Phillip, Kassian, Alexei, Dybo, Anna, Tyler-Smith, Chris, Balanovska, Elena, Metspalu, Mait, Kivisild, Toomas, Villems, Richard, Balanovsky, Oleg
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558026/