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in the Egyin Gol Valley of Mongolia]. ''American Journal of Human Genetics 73:247–260, 2003.''</ref><ref>Nancy Touchette. [http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/07_03/ancient.shtml Ancient DNA Tells Tales from the Grave], ''Genome News Network.''</ref>}}
While most historians believe that the actual migration of Turks was relatively small, a genetic testing carried out on a small sample revealed that as much as
A 2003 genetic study shows that Turks Anatolian have mostly ancestors who were originated in Central Asia, the area called Turkestan. According to the study, some modern Anatolian Turks appear to have some common genetic markers even with the mummies found at the Xiongnu period graves in Tarim Basin: Proto-Turks were the original carriers of M9 haplogroup and Euroasian Clan. Today, haplogroup K and its descendant haplogroups are the patrilineal ancestors of most of the people living in the Northern Hemisphere, including most Europeans, many Indians, and almost all Asians and Native Americans. Other lineages derived from Haplogroup K are found among Melanesian populations, indicating an ancient link between most Eurasians and some populations of Oceania. https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html According to an article by N. Al-Zahery et al., the potentially paraphyletic haplogroup K*-M9(xK2, O, P) occurs at a fairly high frequency among the modern population of Turkey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_K_(Y-DNA)
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