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Marriage and migratory characteristic of Circassians (late 20th century)

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This paper analyzes 2052 marriage records for 1990–2000 in the Khabezsky district of KarachayCherkessia. The main marriage and migration characteristics of Circassians are studied: index of endogamy, ethnic marriage assortivity, intensity of metisation, and Malécot’s parameters of isolation by distance.

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  1. Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, 115478, Russia

    G. I. El’chinova, S. G. Gavrilina, A. V. Rusakova, R. A. Zinchenko & E. K. Ginter

  2. Habez Central District Hospital, Habez, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, 369400, Russia

    A. H. Makaov

  3. Erisman Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene, Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Mytishchi, 141014, Russia

    Yu. A. Revazova

  4. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    R. A. Zinchenko

  5. Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, 125993, Russia

    E. K. Ginter

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Original Russian Text © G.I. El’chinova, A.H. Makaov, Yu.A. Revazova, S.G. Gavrilina, A.V. Rusakova, R.A. Zinchenko, E.K. Ginter, 2016, published in Genetika, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 385–388.

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El’chinova, G.I., Makaov, A.H., Revazova, Y.A. et al. Marriage and migratory characteristic of Circassians (late 20th century). Russ J Genet 52, 339–341 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795416030066

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