Martinović I, Bakran M, Chaventré A, Janićijević B, Jovanović V, Smolej-Narancić N, Kastelan A, Grubić Z, Zunec R, Roberts D F, Rudan P
Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
Hum Biol. 1997 Dec;69(6):819-29.
The population structure of the northern Adriatic island of Krk, Croatia, was studied using PCR methodology and nonradioactive oligonucleotide hybridization for the analysis of HLA-DRB1, DRB3, DRB4, DRB5, DQA1, and DQB1 polymorphisms. Allele frequencies, genetic kinship (R), and genetic distances (E2) were computed, and correlations between distance (genetic, linguistic, geographic) and kinship (migration) matrices were examined. The results, reflecting past (micro-) evolutionary processes, indicate that ethnohistorical and sociocultural events rather than geographic distances are the primary determinants of today's population structure of the island.
