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Current state of research in ethnogenomics: Genome-wide analysis and uniparental markers

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A short review of the current state in ethnogenomics was carried out. The main breakthroughs in the field are described, and small-scale historical overview is presented. The methods and approaches currently used in Y-chromosome, mitochondrial DNA and genome-wide studies are listed.

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Original Russian Text © S.S. Litvinov, E.K. Khusnutdinova, 2015, published in Genetika, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 503–516.

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Litvinov, S.S., Khusnutdinova, E.K. Current state of research in ethnogenomics: Genome-wide analysis and uniparental markers. Russ J Genet 51, 418–429 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795415040080

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