Scott E M
Ann Hum Biol. 1979 May-Jun;6(3):241-7. doi: 10.1080/03014467900007242.
If Athabaskan Indians are subdivided by linguistic group, a wide diversity in gene frequencies is disclosed. This diversity approximated that found when linguistically unrelated groups were compared. It was greater than that found for Eskimo-Aleus, even though the latter are more heterogeneous linguistically and subject to a wider variety of environmental conditions. Contiguity, geographic distance, and linguistic similarity were not reflected in similarity of gene frequencies. The gene found for Athabaskans appear to be the result of random process-survivor effects and genetic drift of small isolated groups. They appear to be of no value in detecting ethnic relationships.
如果将阿萨巴斯卡印第安人按语言群体细分，就会发现基因频率存在广泛差异。这种差异与比较语言上不相关群体时发现的差异相近。它甚至比爱斯基摩 - 阿留申人之间的差异还要大，尽管后者在语言上更加多样化，且面临更广泛的环境条件。基因频率的相似性并未反映出相邻性、地理距离和语言相似性。阿萨巴斯卡人身上发现的基因似乎是随机过程——小的孤立群体的幸存者效应和遗传漂变的结果。它们在检测种族关系方面似乎没有价值。
