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Science

A Signal, from Human mtDNA, of Postglacial Recolonization in Europe

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The Western and Eastern Roots of the Saami—the Story of Genetic “Outliers” Told by Mitochondrial DNA and Y Chromosomes

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The American Journal of Human Genetics

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

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PLoS ONE

Human Y Chromosome Haplogroup N: A Non-trivial Time-Resolved Phylogeography that Cuts across Language Families

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The American Journal of Human Genetics

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Extensive Farming in Estonia Started through a Sex-Biased Migration from the Steppe

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Current Biology

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Origin and Diffusion of mtDNA Haplogroup X

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The American Journal of Human Genetics

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The Genetic Legacy of the Expansion of Turkic-Speaking Nomads across Eurasia

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PLoS Genetics

Origin and Expansion of Haplogroup H, the Dominant Human Mitochondrial DNA Lineage in West Eurasia: The Near Eastern and Caucasian Perspective

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