Gi. Elchinova et al., COMPARISON OF SEVERAL RUSSIAN POPULATIONS BY VITAL-STATISTICS AND FREQUENCY OF GENES CAUSING HEREDITARY PATHOLOGY, Genetika, 30(11), 1994, pp. 1558-1559
Distances computed from vital statistics using the Eulid formula and t
hus termed ''vital'' are proposed for use in population studies. An ex
ample of use of these statistics for comparison of four large geograph
ically separated Russian populations is given.