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High-resolution genomic history of early medieval Europe
Fine-scale ancestry analysis and population movement across early medieval Europe.
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The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present
Scandinavian population history across a transect from the Roman Iron Age to the present.
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The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool
Ancient DNA and archaeological evidence for migration across the North Sea into early medieval England.
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