Ethno-Territorial Groups of the Yakuts: Genetic Structure Characteristics
Abstract
This paper presents the characteristics of the gene pool of the three Yakuts ethnoterritorial groups (Central, Vilui and Northern) through the lines of mitochondrial DNA and Ychromosome. Data for study was collected in expeditions carried by Yakut Research Center of Complex Medical Problems, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, during 2002-2004. The population sample included healthy unrelated individuals whose ethnicity was considered mainly until the third generation. The results mainly correspond with the historians’ opinion of the close relationship between Vilyuy and Central Yakuts, and Northern Sakha with the immigrants from Central Yakutia. Special characteristics of different ethnic geographical groups of the Yakuts can be observed through Y-chromosome.
Supporting agencies: This work was supported by the SB RAS integration project No. 92 "Ethnogenesis of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia and Northern Asia: Comparative, Historical, Ethnic and Social and Genome Analysis".
About the Authors
S. A. Fedorova
North-Eastern Federal University; Yakut Research Center of Complex Medical Problems
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
N. A. Barashkov
North-Eastern Federal University; Yakut Research Center of Complex Medical Problems
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
V. V. Ushnitsky
Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
S. K. Kononova
North-Eastern Federal University; Yakut Research Center of Complex Medical Problems
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
R. I. Bravina
Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
A. N. Alekseev
Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yakutsk
M. I. Tomsky
Yakut Research Center of Complex Medical Problems
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
E. K. Khusnutdinova
Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ufa
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Fedorova S.A., Barashkov N.A., Ushnitsky V.V., Kononova S.K., Bravina R.I., Alekseev A.N., Tomsky M.I., Khusnutdinova E.K. Ethno-Territorial Groups of the Yakuts: Genetic Structure Characteristics. Yakut Medical Journal. 2014;(2):28-31.
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