Across language families: Genome diversity mirrors linguistic variation within E urope
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Across language families: Genome diversity mirrors linguistic variation within Europe
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0002-9483,1096-8644
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22758