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Mitochondrial super-haplogroup U diversity in Serbians

Annals of Human Biology, 2017
Background: Available mitochondrial (mtDNA) data demonstrate genetic differentiation among South Slavs inhabiting the Balkan Peninsula. However, their resolution is insufficient to elucidate the female-specific aspects of the genetic history of South ...
Slobodan Davidovic, Boris Malyarchuk, Jelena Aleksic, Miroslava Derenko, Vladanka Topalovic, Andrey Litvinov, Katarzyna Skonieczna, Urszula Rogalla, Tomasz Grzybowski, Milena Stevanovic, Natasa Kovacevic-Grujicic   +10 more
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Historical biogeography and systematics of yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata), with the description of a new subspecies from the Balkans [PDF]

Vertebrate Zoology
The Balkan Peninsula hosts a great proportion of Europe’s biodiversity, and this is well illustrated by amphibian richness and endemism. Among them, the yellow-bellied toad Bombina variegata has been a model in ecology and evolution, but several aspects ...
Christophe Dufresnes, Simeon Lukanov, Sven Gippner, Johanna Ambu, Ilias Strachinis, Dragan Arsovski, Benjamin Monod-Broca, Hugo Cayuela, Petros Lymberakis, Daniele Canestrelli, Dan Cogălniceanu, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Tomasz Suchan, Mathieu Denoël, Daniel Jablonski   +15 more
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Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina, Ani Bajrami, Mousaab Alrhmoun, Naji Sulaiman, Konstantinos Ntinas, Marjol Meço, Bledar Pulaj, Nektarios Aligiannis, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni   +9 more
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The role of the Eastern Mediterranean in human evolution: recent results from Greece Le rôle du Bassin méditerranéen oriental dans l’évolution humaine : résultats récents en Grèce

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The Eastern Mediterranean lies directly on the principal migration route for human groups dispersing across Africa, Europe, and Asia. It also encompasses the Balkans, where fauna and flora, as well as hominin populations, are thought to have persisted through glacial periods.
Katerina Harvati
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The epigraphic and archeological work of Nikola Vulić on the territory of Macedonia [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2018
This work is a result of decades long archaeological excavations by Nikola Vulić on the territory of Macedonia. The work also comprises of his compilation of epigraphic monuments.
Ljubomirović Irena V.
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European Roma groups show complex West Eurasian admixture footprints and a common South Asian genetic origin.

PLoS Genetics, 2019
The Roma population is the largest transnational ethnic minority in Europe, characterized by a linguistic, cultural and historical heterogeneity. Comparative linguistics and genetic studies have placed the origin of European Roma in the Northwest of ...
Neus Font-Porterias, Lara R Arauna, Alaitz Poveda, Erica Bianco, Esther Rebato, Maria Joao Prata, Francesc Calafell, David Comas   +7 more
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Additional file 3: Figure S1. of Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula

, 2016
A map of demarcated topographic units as defined for regression analyses of nucleotide diversity (π) and terrain ruggedness index (TRI). (PDF 131 kb)
Jablonski, Daniel, Jandzik, David, Mikulíček, Peter, Džukić, Georg, Ljubisavljević, Katarina, Tzankov, Nikolay, Dušan Jelić, Thanou, Evanthia, Jiří Moravec, Gvoždík, Václav   +9 more
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Behavioral, Ecological, and Morphological Data Suggest a Close Relationship Between the Ant Colobopsis truncata and the Gall Wasp Aphelonyx cerricola

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Aphelonyx cerricola and the different stages that make this gall colonizable by ants. ABSTRACT Wasps of the family Cynipidae are known to induce galls of a species‐specific morphology, which during senescence provide a refuge for secondary insect fauna, especially ants.
Daniele Giannetti, Diego Gil‐Tapetado, Enrico Schifani, Elia Nalini, Donato A. Grasso, Carlo Polidori   +5 more
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On waqf institution and waqfs property in the Principality of Serbia 1830-1878: Legal and historical frame [PDF]

Pravni Zapisi, 2019
Institution of waqf in the Ottoman Empire was founded on the Balkan territories just after being conquered. Built on a waqf land, in accordance with Sharia Law, waqfs enjoyed special treatment.
Kolaj-Ristanović Irena D.
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Corps et Espaces. Les costumes des Balkans dans l’Europe du XVIe siècle

L'Atelier du CRH, 2013
This paper is part of an ongoing research on dress and appearances in the framework of cultural history. It focuses on the transfer of visual culture concerning dress and bodily practices of the Balkan regions across Italy and Europe in the late ...
Giulia Calvi
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