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Genetic and Demographic Structure of the Yakut Population: Reproduction Indices

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Genetic and demographic information for the Yakut population living in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is presented. The mean number of children per woman constituted 4.605. Crow's index (I tot) and its components (I m and I f) were 0.483, 0.104, and 0.343, respectively.

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  1. Institute of Health, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk, 677005, Republic Sakha (Yakutia), Russia

    L. A. Tarskaia

  2. Research Center for Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, 115478, Russia

    G. I. Elchinova

  3. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the Moldova, Chisinau, 227025, Moldova

    A. M. Varzar

  4. Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    E. V. Shabrova

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Tarskaia, L.A., Elchinova, G.I., Varzar, A.M. et al. Genetic and Demographic Structure of the Yakut Population: Reproduction Indices. Russian Journal of Genetics 38, 828–833 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016304124481

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