The Genetic Legacy of the Expansion of Turkic-Speaking Nomads Across Eurasia
Bayazit Yunusbayev, Mait Metspalu, Ene Metspalu, Albert Valeev, Sergei Litvinov, Ruslan Valiev, Vita Akhmetova, Elena Balanovska, Oleg Balanovsky, Shahlo Turdikulova, Dilbar Dalimova, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Ardeshir Bahmanimehr, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Kristiina Tambets, , Richard Villems
This study identifies genetic traces of historical admixture among Turkic-speaking populations, linking their ancestry to southern Siberia and Mongolia during the 9th-17th centuries.
bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2014Genetics