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No Authors Title Publication Year
54. Achilli A, Rengo C, Magri C, Battaglia V, Olivieri A, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Zeviani M, Briem E, Carelli V, Moral P, Dugoujon JM, Roostalu U, Loogväli EL, Kivisild T, Bandelt HJ, Richards M, Villems R, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Torroni A. The Molecular Dissection of mtDNA Haplogroup H Confirms That the Franco-Cantabrian Glacial Refuge Was a Major Source for the European Gene Pool.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
75:910-918.
Epub 2004 Sep 20.
2004
53. Kivisild T, Reidla M, Metspalu E, Rosa A, Brehm A, Pennarun E, Parik J, Geberhiwot T, Usanga E, Villems R. Ethiopian mitochondrial DNA heritage: tracking gene flow across and around the gate of tears.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
75:752-770
Epub 2004 Sep 27.
2004
52. Metspalu M, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Parik J, Hudjashov G, Kaldma K, Serk P, Karmin M, Behar DM, Gilbert MT, Endicott P, Mastana S, Papiha SS, Skorecki K, Torroni A, Villems R. Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in south and southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans.
 
 
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BMC Genet.
5:26.

Epub 2004 Aug 31.
2004
51. Bermisheva MA, Kutuev IA, Korshunova TY, Dubova NA, Villems R, Khusnutdinova EK. Phylogeographic Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA in the Nogays: A Strong Mixture of Maternal Lineages
from Eastern and Western Eurasia
 
 
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Mol Biol (Mosk).
38:617-624
2004
50. Shen P, Lavi T, Kivisild T, Chou V, Sengun D, Gefel D, Shpirer I, Woolf E, Hillel J, Feldman MW, Oefner PJ. Reconstruction of patrilineages and matrilineages of Samaritans and other Israeli populations from Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA sequence variation.
 
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Hum Mutat.
24:248-260.
Epub 2004 July 28.
2004
49. Bandelt HJ, Yao YG, Kivisild T.
 
Mitochondrial genes and schizophrenia 
 
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Schizophrenia Research
Epub 2004 July 28.
2004
48. Loogväli EL, Roostalu U, Malyarchuk BA, Derenko MV, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Tambets K, Reidla M, Tolk HV, Parik J, Pennarun E, Laos S, Lunkina A, Golubenko M, Baraã L, Perièiã M, Balanovsky OP, Gusar V, Khusnutdinova EK, Stepanov V, Puzyrev V, Rudan P, Balanovska EV, Grechanina E, Richard C, Moisan JP, Chaventré A, Anagnou NP, Pappa KI, Michalodimitrakis EN, Claustres M, Gölge M, Mikerezi I, Usanga E, Villems R. Disuniting uniformity: a pied cladistic canvas of mtDNA haplogroup H in Eurasia.
 
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Mol Biol Evol.
21:2012-2021
Epub 2004 July 14.
2004
47. Villems R. The significance and insignificance of genetic identity
 
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In: Estonia: Identity and Independence. Ed Jean-Jacques Subrenat. Rodopi bv, Amsterdam/New York 2004, pp. 13-22. 2004
46. Cvjetan S, Tolk HV, Barać Lauc L, Čolak I, Đorđevic D, Efremovska L,  Janićijević B, Kvesić A, Martinović Klarić I, Metspalu E, Peričić M, Parik J, Popović D, Ðijački A, Terzić R, Villems R, Rudan P. Frequencies of mtDNA haplogroups in Southeastern Europe - Croatians, Bosnians and Herzegovinians, Serbians, Macedonians and Macedonian Romani.
 
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Coll Antropol.
28:193-198
2004
45. Rosa A., Brehm A, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Villems R. MtDNA profile of West Africa Guineans: towards a better understanding of the Senegambia region.
 
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Ann Hum Genet.
68:340-352
2004
44. Tambets K. Towards the understanding of post-glacial spread of human mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in Europe and beyond: a phylogeographic approach.
PhD thesis.

 
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Tartu University Press, 163 p. 2004
43. Rootsi S, Magri C, Kivisild T, Benuzzi G, Help H, Bermisheva M, Kutuev I, Barać L, Peričić M, Balanovsky O, Pshenichnov A, Dion D, Grobei M, Zhivotovsky LA, Battaglia V, Achilli A, Al-Zahery N, Parik J, King R, Cinnioğlu C, Khusnutdinova E, Rudan P, Balanovska E, Scheffrahn W, Simonescu M, Brehm A, Goncalves R, Rosa A, Moisan JP, Chaventre A, Ferak V, Füredi S, Oefner PJ, Shen P, Beckman L, Mikerezi I, Terzić R, Primorac D, Cambon-Thomsen A, Krumina A, Torroni A, Underhill PA, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Villems R, Semino O. Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup I reveals distinct domains of prehistoric gene flow in Europe.

 
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Am J Hum Genet.
75:128–137
Epub 2004 May 25.
2004
42. Tambets K, Rootsi S, Kivisild T, Help H, Serk P, Loogväli EL, Tolk HV, Reidla M, Metspalu E, Pliss L, Balanovsky O, Pshenichnov A, Balanovska E, Gubina M, Zhadanov S, Ossipova L, Damba L, Voevoda M, Kutuyev I, Bermisheva M, Khusnutdinova E, Gusar V,  Grechanina E, Parik J, Pennarun E, Chaventre A, Moisan JP, Barać L, Peričić M, Rudan P, Terzic R, Mikerezi I, Krumina A, Baumanis V, Koziel S, Rickards O, DeStefano GF, Anagnou N, Pappa KI, Michalodimitrakis E, Ferak V, Füredi S, Komel, R Beckman L, Villems R. The western and eastern roots of the Saami – a story of genetic “outliers” told by mtDNA and Y-chromosome.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
74:661–682
Epub 2004 Mar 11.
2004
41. Behar DM, Hammer MF, Garrigan D, Villems R, Bonné-Tamir B, Richards M, Gurwitz D, Rosengarten D, Kaplan M, Pergola SD, Quintana-Murci L, Skorecki K. MtDNA evidence for a genetic bottleneck in the early history of the Ashkenazi Jewish population.
 
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Eur J Hum Genet.
12:355-364
Epub 2004 Jan 14.
2004
40. Zhivotovsky LA, Underhill PA, Cinnioğlu C, Kayser M, Morar B, Kivisild T, Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Destro-Bisol G, Spedini G, Chambers GK, Herrera RJ, Yong KK, Gresham D, Tournev I, Feldman MW, Kalaydjieva L. The effective mutation rate at Y chromosome short tandem repeats, with application to human population-divergence time.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
74:50-61.
Epub 2003 Dec 19.
2004
39. Cinnioğlu C, King R, Kivisild T, Kalfoglu E, Atasoy S, Cavalleri GL, Lillie AS, Roseman CC, Lin AA, Prince K, Oefner PJ, Shen P, Semino O, Cavalli-Sforza LL, Underhill PA. Excavating Y-chromosome haplotype strata in Anatolia.
 
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Hum Genet.
114:127-148.
Epub 2003 Oct 29.
2004
38. Reidla M, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Kaldma K, Tambets K, Tolk HV, Parik J, Loogväli EL, Derenko M, Malyarchuk B, Bermisheva M, Zhadanov S, Pennarun E, Gubina M, Golubenko M, Damba L, Fedorova S, Gusar V, Grechanina E, Mikerezi I, Moisan JP, Chaventre A, Khusnutdinova E, Osipova L, Stepanov V, Voevoda M, Achilli A, Rengo C, Rickards O, De Stefano GF, Papiha S, Beckman L, Janicijevic B, Rudan P, Anagnou N, Michalodimitrakis E, Koziel S, Usanga E, Geberhiwot T, Herrnstadt C, Howell N, Torroni A, Villems R. Origin and Diffusion of mtDNA Haplogroup X.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
73:1178-1190.
Epub 2003 Oct 20.
2003
37. Tambets K, Tolk HV, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Parik J, Voevoda M, Damba L, Golubenko M, Stepanov V, Puzerev V, Bermisheva M, Knushnudtinova E, Usanga E, Rudan P, Villems R. Complex signals for population expansions in Europe and beyond.
 
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In: Examining the farming/language dispersal hypothesis. Eds. P.Bellwwood and C.Renfrew. McDonald Institute Monographs, Cambridge University, pp 449-458. 2003
36. Kivisild T, Rootsi S, Metspalu M, Metspalu E, Parik J, Usanga E, Papiha SS, Mastana S, Villems R. Genetics of the language and farming spread in India.
 
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In: Examining the farming/language dispersal hypothesis. Eds. P.Bellwwood and C.Renfrew. McDonald Institute Monographs, Cambridge University, pp 215-222. 2003
35. Malaspina P, Kozlov AI, Cruciani F, Santolamazza P, Akar N, Kovachev D,  Kerimova MG, Parik J,Villems R,  Scozzari R, Novelletto A. Analysis of Y-chromosome variation in modern populations at the European-Asian border.
 
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In: Ancient Interactions: east and west in Eurasia. Eds. K.Boyle, C.Renfrew and M.Levine, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Monographs, Cambridge University, pp 309-313. 2003
34. Bandelt HJ, Herrnstadt C, Yao YG, Kong QP, Kivisild T, Rengo C, Scozzari R, Richards M, Villems R, Macaulay V, Howell N, Torroni A, Zhang YP. Identification of Native American founder mtDNAs through the analysis of complete mtDNA sequences: some caveats.
 
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Ann Genet.
67:512-524.
2003
33. Brehm A, Pereira L, Kivisild T, Amorim A. Mitochondrial portraits of the Madeira and Acores archipelagos witness different genetic pools of its settlers.
 
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Hum Genet.
114:77-86.
Epub 2003 Sep 25.
2003
32. Gonçalves R, Rosa A, Freitas A, Fernandes A, Kivisild T, Villems R, Brehm A. Y-chromosome lineages in Cabo Verde Islands witness the diverse geographic origin of its first male settlers.
 
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Hum Genet.
113:467-472.
Epub 2003 Aug 26.
Erratum in: 2003 113:539.
2003
31. Barać L, Peričić M, Martinović Klaric I, Janicijević B, Parik J, Rootsi S, Rudan P. Y chromosome STRs in Croatians
 
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Forensic Sci Int.
138:127-133.
2003
30. Barać L, Peričić M, Martinović Klaric I, Rootsi S, Janicijević B, Kivisild T, Parik J, Rudan I, Villems R, Rudan P. Y chromosomal heritage of Croatian population and its island isolates.
 
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Eur J Hum Genet.
11:535-542.
Erratum in: 2004 12:83.
2003
29. Fedorova SA, Bermisheva MA, Villems R, Maksimova NR, Khusnutdinova EK. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA lineages in Yakuts.
 
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Mol Biol (Mosk).
37:643-653.
2003
28. Endicott P, Macaulay V, Kivisild T, Stringer C, Cooper A. Reply to Cordaux and Stoneking.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
72: 1590-1593.
2003
27. Yao YG, Macauley V, Kivisild T, Zhang YP, Bandelt HJ. To trust or not to trust an idiosyncratic mitochondrial data set.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
72:1341-1346,
author reply 1348-1349.
2003
26. Kivisild T, Rootsi S, Metspalu M, Mastana S, Kaldma K, Parik J, Metspalu E, Adojaan M, Tolk HV, Stepanov V, Golge M, Usanga E, Papiha SS, Cinnioğlu C, King R, Cavalli-Sforza L, Underhill PA, Villems R. The genetic heritage of the earliest settlers persists both in Indian tribal and caste populations.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
72:313-332.
Epub 2003 Jan 20.
2003
25. Bermisheva M, Tambets K, Villems R, Khusnutdinova E. Diversity of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in ethnic populations of the Volga-Ural region.
 
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Mol Biol (Mosk).
36:990-1001.
2002
24. Villems R, Rootsi S, Tambets K, Adojaan M, Orekhov V, Khusnutdinova E, Yankovsky N. Archaeogenetics of Finno-Ugric-speaking populations.
 
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In: The Roots of Peoples and Languages of the Northern Eurasia IV, Oulu. Ed. by K. Julku; Gummerus OY, Jyväskylä, Finland, pp 271-284. 2002
23. Kivisild T, Tolk HV, Parik J, Wang Y, Papiha SS, Bandelt HJ, Villems R. The emerging limbs and twigs of the East Asian mtDNA tree.
 
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Mol Biol Evol.
19:1737-1751.
Erratum in: 2003 20:162.
2002
22. Forster P, Cali F, Rohl A, Metspalu E, D'Anna R, Mirisola M, De Leo G, Flugy A, Salerno A, Ayala G, Kouvatsi A, Villems R, Romano V. Continental and subcontinental distributions of mtDNA control region types.
 
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Int J Legal Med.
116:99-108.
2002
21. Yao YG, Kong QP, Bandelt HJ, Kivisild T, Zhang YP. Phylogeographic differentiation of mitochondrial DNA in Han Chinese.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
70:635-651.
Epub 2002 Feb 08.
2002
20. Tolk HV, Barać L, Peričić M, Martinović Klaric I, Janicijević B, Campbell H, Rudan I, Kivisild T, Villems R, Rudan P. The evidence of mtDNA haplogroup F in a European population and its ethnohistoric implications.
 
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Eur J Hum Genet.
9:717-723.
2001
19. Torroni A, Bandelt HJ, Macaulay V, Richards M, Cruciani F, Rengo C, Martinez-Cabrera V, Villems R, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Parik J, Tolk HV, Tambets K, Forster P, Karger B, Francalacci P, Rudan P, Janicijevic B, Rickards O, Savontaus ML, Huoponen K, Laitinen V, Koivumaki S, Sykes B, Hickey E, Novelletto A, Moral P, Sellitto D, Coppa A, Al-Zaheri N, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Semino O, Scozzari R. A signal, from human mtDNA, of postglacial recolonization in Europe.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
69:844-852.
Epub 2001 Aug 21.
2001
18. Scozzari R, Cruciani F, Pangrazio A, Santolamazza P, Vona G, Moral P, Latini V, Varesi L, Memmi MM, Romano V, De Leo G, Gennarelli M, Jaruzelska J, Villems R, Parik J, Macaulay V, Torroni A. Human Y-chromosome variation in the western Mediterranean area: implications for the peopling of the region.
 
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Hum Immunol.
62:871-884.
2001
17. Bamshad M, Kivisild T, Watkins WS, Dixon ME, Ricker CE, Rao BB, Naidu JM, Prasad BV, Reddy PG, Rasanayagam A, Papiha SS, Villems R, Redd AJ, Hammer MF, Nguyen SV, Carroll ML, Batzer MA, Jorde LB. Genetic evidence on the origins of Indian caste populations.
 
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Genome Res.
11:994-1004.
2001
16. Tambets K, Rootsi S, Kivisild T, Villems R. The concepts of Richard Indreko about the origin of the Finno-Ugries and the population genetics of the extant North-East European populations.
 
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Trames
5:59-74.
2001
15. Martinez-Labarga C, Metspalu E, Babalini C, Casalotti R, Castellana G, Contini R, Giampaolo R, Mallegni F, Noto F, Scano G, Tunzi-Sisto M, Kivisild T, Villems R, Rickards O. Reconstructing the peopling of southern Italy: molecular characterization of Bronze Age human remains. In: Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin. Ed. by A. Guarino; LITOFLASH srl, Roma, pp. 640-646. 2001
14. Kivisild T, Papiha SS, Rootsi S, Parik J, Kaldma K, Reidla M, Laos S, Metspalu M, Pielberg G, Adojaan M, Mastana S, Wang Y, Gölge M, Demitras H, Schnakenberg E, De Stefano GF, Geberhiwot T, Claustres M, Villems R. An Indian Ancestry: a key for understanding human diversity in Europe and beyond.
 
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In: Archaeogenetics: DNA and the population prehistory of Europe. Eds. C.Renfrew and K.Boyle. Series of Monographs of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University, pp 267-276. 2000
13. Tambets K, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Parik J, Kaldma K, Laos S, Tolk HV, Gölge M, Demirtas H, Geberhiwot T, De Stefano GF, Papiha SS, Villems R The topology of the maternal lineages of the Anatolian and Trans-Caucasus populations and the peopling of Europe: preliminary conclusions.
 
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In: Archaeogenetics: DNA and the population Prehistory of Europe. Eds. C.Renfrew and K.Boyle. Series of Monograps of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University, pp 219-236. 2000
12. Rootsi S, Kivisild T, Tambets K, Adojaan M, Parik J, Reidla M, Metspalu E, Laos S, Tolk HV, Villems R. On the phylogeographic context of sex-specific genetic markers of Finno-Ugric populations.
 
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In: The Roots of Peoples and Languages of Northern Eurasia II and III. Ed. A. Künnap, Tartu University Press, pp 148-164. 2000
11. Tolk HV, Peričić M, Barać L, Martinović Klaric I, Janicijević B, Rudan I, Parik J, Villems R, Rudan P. MtDNA haplogroups in the populations of Croatian Adriatic Islands.
 
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Coll Antropol.
24:267-280.
2000
10. Rosser ZH, Zerjal T, Hurles ME, Adojaan M, Alavantic D, Amorim A, Amos W, Armenteros M, Arroyo E, Barbujani G, Beckman G, Beckman L, Bertranpetit J, Bosch E, Bradley DG, Brede G, Cooper G, Corte-Real HB, de Knijff P, Decorte R, Dubrova YE, Evgrafov O, Gilissen A, Glisic S, Gölge M, Hill EW, Jeziorowska A, Kalaydjieva L, Kayser M, Kivisild T, Kravchenko SA, Krumina A, Kučinskas V, Lavinha J, Livshits LA, Malaspina P, Maria S, McElreavey K, Meitinger TA, Mikelsaar AV, Mitchell RJ, Nafa K, Nicholson J, N¸rby S, Pandya A, Parik J, Patsalis PC, Pereira L, Peterlin B, Pielberg G, Prata MJ, Previdere C, Roewer L, Rootsi S, Rubinsztein DC, Saillard J, Santos FR, Stefanescu G, Sykes BC, Tolun A, Villems R, Tyler-Smith C, Jobling MA. Y-chromosomal diversity in Europe is clinal and influenced primarily by geography, rather than by language.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
67:1526-1543.
Epub 2000 Nov 09.
2000
09. Richards M, Macaulay V, Hickey E, Vega E, Sykes B, Guida V, Rengo C, Sellitto D, Cruciani F, Kivisild T, Villems R, Thomas M, Rychkov S, Rychkov O, Rychkov Y, Golge M, Dimitrov D, Hill E, Bradley D, Romano V, Cali F, Vona G, Demaine A, Papiha S, Triantaphyllidis C, Stefanescu G, Hatina J, Belledi M, Di Rienzo A, Novelletto A, Oppenheim A, N¸rby S, Al-Zaheri N, Santachiara-Benerecetti S, Scozari R, Torroni A, Bandelt HJ. Tracing European founder lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA pool.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
67:1251-1276.
Epub 2000 Oct 16.
2000
08. Malaspina P, Cruciani F, Santolamazza P, Torroni A, Pangrazio A, Akar N, Bakalli V, Brdicka R, Jaruzelska J, Kozlov A, Malyarchuk B, Mehdi SQ, Michalodimitrakis E, Varesi L, Memmi MM, Vona G, Villems R, Parik J, Romano V, Stefan M, Stenico M, Terrenato L, Novelletto A, Scozzari R. Patterns of male-specific inter-population divergence in Europe, West Asia and North Africa.
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Ann Hum Genet.
64:395-412.
2000
07. Kivisild T, Villems R. Questioning evidence for recombination in human mitochondrial DNA.
 
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Science. 
288:1931.
2000
06. Torroni A, Richards M, Macaulay V, Forster P, Villems R, N¸rby S, Savontaus ML, Huoponen K, Scozzari R, Bandelt HJ. mtDNA haplogroups and frequency patterns in Europe.
 
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Am J Hum Genet.
66:1173-1177.
2000
05. Kivisild T. The origins of southern and western Eurasian populations: an mtDNA study. PhD thesis.
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Tartu University Press, 120 p. 2000
04. Kivisild T, Bamshad MJ, Kaldma K, Metspalu M, Metspalu E, Reidla M, Laos S, Parik J, Watkins WS, Dixon ME, Papiha SS, Mastana SS, Mir MR, Ferak V, Villems R Deep common ancestry of indian and western-Eurasian mitochondrial DNA lineages.
 
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Curr Biol. 
9:1331-1334.
1999
03. Metspalu E, Kivisild T, Kaldma K, Parik J, Reidla M, Tambets K, Villems R. The Trans-Caucasus and the expansion of the Caucasoid-specific human mtDNA lineages.
 
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In: Genome Diversity: Applications in human population genetics. Eds. S.S.Papiha and R.Deka. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp 121-134. 1999
02. Kivisild T, Kaldma K, Metspalu M, Parik J, Papiha SS, Villems R. The place of the Indian mtDNA variants in the global network of maternal lineages and the peopling of the Old World.
 
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In: Genome Diversity: Applications in human population genetics. Eds. S.S.Papiha and R.Deka. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp 135-153. 1999
01. Villems R, Adojaan M, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Parik J, Pielberg G, Rootsi S, Tambets K, Tolk HV. Reconstruction of maternal lineages of Finno-Ugric speaking people and some remarks on their paternal inheritance.
 
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In: The Roots of Peoples and Languages of Northern Eurasia I, Turku. Eds. K. Julku and K. Wiik. Gummerus Kirjapaino OY, Jyväskylä, pp. 180-200. 1998

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