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Genetic homogeneity of Icelanders: fact or fiction?

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Acknowledgements

We thank the people who provided us with samples. This work was supported by grants from Nysköpunarsjódur námsmanna, the University of Iceland Research Fund and the Icelandic Science Fund to E.Á.

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    Einar Árnason, Hlynur Sigurgíslason & Eiríkur Benedikz

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Árnason, E., Sigurgíslason, H. & Benedikz, E. Genetic homogeneity of Icelanders: fact or fiction?. Nat Genet 25, 373–374 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/78036

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