TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kovacevic, Lejla
AU  - Tambets, Kristiina
AU  - Ilumaee, Anne-Mai
AU  - Kushniarevich, Alena
AU  - Yunusbayev, Bayazit
AU  - Solnik, Anu
AU  - Bego, Tamer
AU  - Primorac, Dragan
AU  - Skaro, Vedrana
AU  - Leskovac, Andreja
AU  - Jakovski, Zlatko
AU  - Drobnic, Katja
AU  - Tolk, Helle-Viivi
AU  - Kovacevic, Sandra
AU  - Rudan, Pavao
AU  - Metspalu, Ene
AU  - Marjanović, Damir
PY  - 2014
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/88
AB  - Contemporary inhabitants of the Balkan Peninsula belong to several ethnic groups of diverse cultural background. In this study, three ethnic groups from Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosniacs, Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs - as well as the populations of Serbians, Croatians, Macedonians from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegrins and Kosovars have been characterized for the genetic variation of 660 000 genome-wide autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms and for haploid markers. New autosomal data of the 70 individuals together with previously published data of 20 individuals from the populations of the Western Balkan region in a context of 695 samples of global range have been analysed. Comparison of the variation data of autosomal and haploid lineages of the studied Western Balkan populations reveals a concordance of the data in both sets and the genetic uniformity of the studied populations, especially of Western South-Slavic speakers. The genetic variation of Western Balkan populations reveals the continuity between the Middle East and Europe via the Balkan region and supports the scenario that one of the major routes of ancient gene flows and admixture went through the Balkan Peninsula.
T2  - PLOS One
T1  - Standing at the Gateway to Europe - The Genetic Structure of Western Balkan Populations Based on Autosomal and Haploid Markers
VL  - 9
IS  - 8
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0105090
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Kovacevic, Lejla and Tambets, Kristiina and Ilumaee, Anne-Mai and Kushniarevich, Alena and Yunusbayev, Bayazit and Solnik, Anu and Bego, Tamer and Primorac, Dragan and Skaro, Vedrana and Leskovac, Andreja and Jakovski, Zlatko and Drobnic, Katja and Tolk, Helle-Viivi and Kovacevic, Sandra and Rudan, Pavao and Metspalu, Ene and Marjanović, Damir",
year = "2014",
abstract = "Contemporary inhabitants of the Balkan Peninsula belong to several ethnic groups of diverse cultural background. In this study, three ethnic groups from Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosniacs, Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs - as well as the populations of Serbians, Croatians, Macedonians from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegrins and Kosovars have been characterized for the genetic variation of 660 000 genome-wide autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms and for haploid markers. New autosomal data of the 70 individuals together with previously published data of 20 individuals from the populations of the Western Balkan region in a context of 695 samples of global range have been analysed. Comparison of the variation data of autosomal and haploid lineages of the studied Western Balkan populations reveals a concordance of the data in both sets and the genetic uniformity of the studied populations, especially of Western South-Slavic speakers. The genetic variation of Western Balkan populations reveals the continuity between the Middle East and Europe via the Balkan region and supports the scenario that one of the major routes of ancient gene flows and admixture went through the Balkan Peninsula.",
journal = "PLOS One",
title = "Standing at the Gateway to Europe - The Genetic Structure of Western Balkan Populations Based on Autosomal and Haploid Markers",
volume = "9",
number = "8",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0105090"
}

Kovacevic, L., Tambets, K., Ilumaee, A., Kushniarevich, A., Yunusbayev, B., Solnik, A., Bego, T., Primorac, D., Skaro, V., Leskovac, A., Jakovski, Z., Drobnic, K., Tolk, H., Kovacevic, S., Rudan, P., Metspalu, E.,& Marjanović, D.. (2014). Standing at the Gateway to Europe - The Genetic Structure of Western Balkan Populations Based on Autosomal and Haploid Markers. in PLOS One, 9(8).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105090

Kovacevic L, Tambets K, Ilumaee A, Kushniarevich A, Yunusbayev B, Solnik A, Bego T, Primorac D, Skaro V, Leskovac A, Jakovski Z, Drobnic K, Tolk H, Kovacevic S, Rudan P, Metspalu E, Marjanović D. Standing at the Gateway to Europe - The Genetic Structure of Western Balkan Populations Based on Autosomal and Haploid Markers. in PLOS One. 2014;9(8).
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105090 .

Kovacevic, Lejla, Tambets, Kristiina, Ilumaee, Anne-Mai, Kushniarevich, Alena, Yunusbayev, Bayazit, Solnik, Anu, Bego, Tamer, Primorac, Dragan, Skaro, Vedrana, Leskovac, Andreja, Jakovski, Zlatko, Drobnic, Katja, Tolk, Helle-Viivi, Kovacevic, Sandra, Rudan, Pavao, Metspalu, Ene, Marjanović, Damir, "Standing at the Gateway to Europe - The Genetic Structure of Western Balkan Populations Based on Autosomal and Haploid Markers" in PLOS One, 9, no. 8 (2014),
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105090 . .