Population structure of the Peljesac Peninsula, Yugoslavia.
We gathered serogenetic and parent-offspring migration data from 604 residents of 7 villages on the Peljesac peninsula in southern Yugoslavia. A variety of population genetics and multivariate statistics models and procedures give a concordant picture of the population structure of this region. Extensive migration is the dominant microevolutionary force patterning the variation seen today. Multiple population bottlenecks have also occurred over the past few centuries as a result of disease, famine, war, economic failure, and founder events, making it likely that genetic drift has been an important factor in the history of this population system.
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Anthropology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
Janićijević
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Simić
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Roberts
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Bennett
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Rudan
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000266:history; D006579:Heterozygote; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015022:Yugoslavia
D001789:Blood Group Antigens