Genes mirror geography within Europe

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Spurious relationshipGenetic variationEvolutionary biologyHuman genetic variationGenotypingBiologyGenetic genealogyVariation (astronomy)Human genomeGenomeGeographyGeneticsGenotypeDemographyGenePopulationStatistics

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 456
Issue: 7218
Pages: 98-101
Citations: 1549
Access: Closed

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                                    John Novembre, 
                                
                                    Toby Johnson, 
                                
                                    Katarzyna Bryc
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Genes mirror geography within Europe. 
                            Nature
                            , 456
                            (7218)
                            , 98-101.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07331
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature07331