Genetic evidence suggests a sense of family, parity and conquest in the Xiongnu Iron Age nomads of Mongolia

C Keyser, V Zvénigorosky, A Gonzalez, JL Fausser… - Human Genetics, 2021 - Springer
In an effort to characterize the people who composed the groups known as the Xiongnu,
nuclear and whole mitochondrial DNA data were generated from the skeletal remains of 52 …

Tracing genetic connections of ancient Hungarians to the 6th–14th century populations of the Volga-Ural region

B Szeifert, D Gerber, V Csáky, P Langó… - Human Molecular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Most of the early Hungarian tribes originated from the Volga-Kama and South-Ural regions,
where they were composed of a mixed population based on historical, philological and …

Genetic analysis of Mingrelians reveals long-term continuity of populations in Western Georgia (Caucasus)

TG Schurr, R Shengelia… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
To elucidate the population history of the Caucasus, we conducted a survey of genetic
diversity in Samegrelo (Mingrelia), western Georgia. We collected DNA samples and …

Evaluation of the ion AmpliSeq™ PhenoTrivium panel: MPS-based assay for ancestry and phenotype predictions challenged by casework samples

M Diepenbroek, B Bayer, K Schwender, R Schiller… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
As the field of forensic DNA analysis has started to transition from genetics to genomics, new
methods to aid in crime scene investigations have arisen. The development of informative …

Early medieval genetic data from Ural region evaluated in the light of archaeological evidence of ancient Hungarians

V Csáky, D Gerber, B Szeifert, B Egyed, B Stégmár… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The ancient Hungarians originated from the Ural region of Russia, and migrated through the
Middle-Volga region and the Eastern European steppe into the Carpathian Basin during the …

High coverage mitogenomes and Y-Chromosomal typing reveal ancient lineages in the modern-day Székely population in Romania

N Borbély, O Székely, B Szeifert, D Gerber, I Máthé… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Here we present 115 whole mitogenomes and 92 Y-chromosomal Short Tandem Repeat
(STR) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) profiles from a Hungarian ethnic group …

The paternal genetic legacy of Hungarian-speaking Rétköz (Hungary) and Váh valley (Slovakia) populations

H Pamjav, Á Fóthi, D Dudás, A Tapasztó… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
One hundred and six Rétköz and 48 Váh valley samples were collected from the contact
zones of Hungarian-Slovakian territories and were genotyped for Y-chromosomal …

Phylogenetic insights into the genetic legacies of Hungarian-speaking communities in the Carpathian Basin

N Borbély, D Dudás, A Tapasztó, E Dudás-Boda… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study focuses on exploring the uniparental genetic lineages of Hungarian-speaking
minorities residing in rural villages of Baranja (Croatia) and the Zobor region (Slovakia). We …

Distribution of Y-chromosome haplogroups in Serbian population groups originating from historically and geographically significant distinct parts of the Balkan …

M Mihajlovic, V Tanasic, MK Markovic… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Our study enrolled 1200 Serbian males originating from three geographical regions in the
Balkan Peninsula inhabited by Serbs: present-day Serbia, regions of Old Herzegovina and …

Toad zoonyms mirror the linguistic and demographic history of Greece

LR Davranoglou, L Embirikos - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The common toad (Bufo bufo) has been the subject of many folk tales and superstitions in
Western Europe, and as a result, it is characterised by numerous common names …