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Adventures in the Gene Pool
Resource ID: 10341
Type: journal article, article
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- UPDATED: 6.29.2025
- status: to be worked, high-priority
- Melungeons, mixed ancestry peoples
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author:
Carl Elliott
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date:
2003
pages:
pp. 12-21
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