Y-chromosome analysis in individuals bearing the Basarab name of the first dynasty of Wallachian kings.

Vlad III The Impaler, also known as Dracula, descended from the dynasty of Basarab, the first rulers of independent Wallachia, in present Romania. Whether this dynasty is of Cuman (an admixed Turkic people that reached Wallachia from the East in the 11(th) century) or of local Romanian (Vlach) origi...

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Main Authors: Begoña Martinez-Cruz, Mihai Ioana, Francesc Calafell, Lara R Arauna, Paula Sanz, Ramona Ionescu, Sandu Boengiu, Luba Kalaydjieva, Horolma Pamjav, Halyna Makukh, Theo Plantinga, Jos W M van der Meer, David Comas, Mihai G Netea, Genographic Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3404992?pdf=render