Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 141-147 , June 2007

Complex interactions of the Eastern and Western Slavic populations with other European groups as revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis

  • Tomasz Grzybowski

      Affiliations

    • The Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Department of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, M. Curie-Skłodowskiej Str. 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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  • Boris A. Malyarchuk

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia
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  • Miroslava V. Derenko

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia
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  • Maria A. Perkova

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia
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  • Jarosław Bednarek

      Affiliations

    • The Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Department of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, M. Curie-Skłodowskiej Str. 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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  • Marcin Woźniak

      Affiliations

    • The Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Department of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, M. Curie-Skłodowskiej Str. 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Received 23 January 2007 ,Accepted 27 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.01.010

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 141-147 , June 2007

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