Standing at the gateway to Europe--the genetic structure of Western balkan populations based on autosomal and haploid markers.

Contemporary inhabitants of the Balkan Peninsula belong to several ethnic groups of diverse cultural background. In this study, three ethnic groups from Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosniacs, Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs - as well as the populations of Serbians, Croatians, Macedonians from the forme...

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Main Authors: Lejla Kovacevic, Kristiina Tambets, Anne-Mai Ilumäe, Alena Kushniarevich, Bayazit Yunusbayev, Anu Solnik, Tamer Bego, Dragan Primorac, Vedrana Skaro, Andreja Leskovac, Zlatko Jakovski, Katja Drobnic, Helle-Viivi Tolk, Sandra Kovacevic, Pavao Rudan, Ene Metspalu, Damir Marjanovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4141785?pdf=render