Analysis of Y chromosome STR haplotypes in the European part of Russia reveals high diversities but non-significant genetic distances between populations
Year: 2008
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A total of 17 Y-specific STR loci were studied in 12 districts of the European part of Russia aiming to ascertain the amount of substructure required for the construction of a representative regional database. All groups exhibited high haplotype diversities but low inter-population variance as measured by an analysis of molecular variance. However, when Western Russia is taken as a whole, the genetic distances to the neighbouring populations were significant. Whereas gradual change in the Y chromosome pool exists between Russia and the Slavic-speaking populations to the West, remarkable discontinuities were observed with neighbouring populations in the East, North and South.
Authors: Lutz Roewer, Sascha Willuweit, Carmen Krüger, Marion Nagy, Sergey Rychkov, Irina Morozowa, Oksana Naumova, Yuriy Schneider, Olga Zhukova, Mark Stoneking, Ivan Nasidze
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,590
OpenAlex ID: W2013691985