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Genetic demographic characteristics were calculated for Chuvash and Russian inhabitants of the Republic of Chuvashia. The generation lengths were 27.09 and 26.4 years and the sibship sizes were 2.54 and 1.82 for Chuvashes and Russians, respectively. Crow's indices and their components were as follows: I m = 0.05, I f = 0.31, and I tot = 0.37 for Chuvashes and I m = 0.03, I f = 0.43, and I tot = 0.46 for Russians. The genetic demographic characteristics obtained were compared with those for Highland and Meadow Maris.
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El'chinova, G.I., Zinchenko, R.A., Zinchenko, S.P. et al. Comparison of Chuvashes, Maris, and Russians with Respect to Vital Statistics and Crow's Index. Russian Journal of Genetics 38, 76–79 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013771929583
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