title: Genetic studies in south Balkan populations.
abstract: Within a study of the genetics of Balkan populations, four DNA-STR systems and 19 classical markers were examined in seven samples: Romanians (two groups), Albanians, Greeks and Aromuns (three groups). The results for the DNA-STR systems have been compared with data from the literature. The results show four clear separated groups: sub-Saharan black populations, North-African, Japanese and European populations. The large Balkan populations, except the Greek sample, are genetically more homogenous than the Aromun populations. A second Neighbor-joining tree based on all 23 analyzed systems, show a particular trend of the Aromun groups, which indicates a particular genetic structure.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Humangenetics and Anthropology, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Horst Dieter
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Hans-Georg
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Scheil
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huckenbeck
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scheffrahn
authors.forename: Ljudmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Efremovska
mesh_terms: D000415:Albania; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012383:Romania; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
chemical_list: D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D001798:Blood Proteins