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Genetic diversity in Svaneti and its implications for the human settlement of the Highland Caucasus
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Yardumian, Aram Shengelia, Ramaz Chitanava, David Laliashvili, Shorena Bitadze, Lia Laliashvili, Irma Villanea, Fernando Sanders, Akiva Azzam, Andrew Groner, Victoria Edleson, Kristi Vilar, Miguel G. Schurr, Theodore G. Yardumian, Aram Shengelia, Ramaz Chitanava, David Laliashvili, Shorena Bitadze, Lia Laliashvili, Irma Villanea, Fernando Sanders, Akiva Azzam, Andrew Groner, Victoria Edleson, Kristi Vilar, Miguel G. Schurr, Theodore G. |
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Yardumian, Aram Shengelia, Ramaz Chitanava, David Laliashvili, Shorena Bitadze, Lia Laliashvili, Irma Villanea, Fernando Sanders, Akiva Azzam, Andrew Groner, Victoria Edleson, Kristi Vilar, Miguel G. Schurr, Theodore G. |
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