Finnish Disease Heritage II: population prehistory and genetic roots of Finns.
In the second part of my review of the Finnish Disease Heritage (FDH), I discuss the settling of Finland; factors influencing the genes of a population, such as agriculture versus hunting/fishing/gathering, trading and cultural relations, wars and other kinds of violence, and bottlenecks; relatives of the Finns in the light of classical European studies, classical Finnish studies, mtDNA and Y-chromosomal studies; the genes of the Finns today, characterizing FDH, the east-west difference among Finns, and minorities in Finland, viz. the Lapps or Saami and Swedish-speaking Finns.
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Reijo
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Department of Medical Genetics, The Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland. reijo.norio@kolumbus.fi
D000383:Agriculture; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014857:Warfare
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial