[Comparison of Chuvashs with Maris and Russians by vital statistics and the Crow index].
Genetic demographic characteristics were calculated for Chuvash and Russian inhabitants of the Republic of Chuvashia. The generation lengths were 27.09 and 26.4 years and the sibship sizes were 2.54 and 1.82 for Chuvashes and Russians, respectively. Crow's indices and their components were as follows: Im = 0.05, If = 0.31, and Itot = 0.37 for Chuvashes and Im = 0.03, If = 0.43, and Itot = 0.46 for Russians. The genetic demographic characteristics obtained were compared with those for Highland and Meadow Maris.
El'chinova
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Research Center for Medical Genetics, Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, 115478 Russia. elchinova@mtu-net.ru
Zinchenko
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Zinchenko
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Ginter
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D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia; D014798:Vital Statistics