Maternal Genetic Composition of a Medieval Population from a Hungarian-Slavic Contact Zone in Central Europe.

The genetic composition of the medieval populations of Central Europe has been poorly investigated to date. In particular, the region of modern-day Slovakia is a blank spot in archaeogenetic research. This paper reports the study of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in ancient samples from the 9th-12th cent...

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Main Authors: Veronika Csákyová, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, Aranka Csősz, Melinda Nagy, Gabriel Fusek, Péter Langó, Miroslav Bauer, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Pavol Makovický, Mária Bauerová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4786151?pdf=render