A new approach to genetic kinship testing in Yakut archaeology
Abstract
For fifteen years, part of the work of our research team has been focused on the study of parental links between individuals living hundreds or thousands of years ago, whose remains have been found in single graves or large funerary complexes. The study of kinship in the ancient Yakuts allowed us to highlight the difficulties in analyzing genetic data from small ancient human groups and to develop a strategy to improve the accuracy of statistical computations. This paper describes the strategy and possible solutions to the study of populations outside of the frame of reference of global meta-populations, due either to isolation, remoteness or antiquity.
About the Authors
V. Zvenigoroski
Институт судебной медицины, Университет Страсбурга
France
France
S. A. Fedorova
СВФУ им. М.К. Аммосова; ЯНЦ КМП
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
K. Hollard
Институт судебной медицины, Университет Страсбурга
France
France
A. Gonzales
Институт судебной медицины, Университет Страсбурга
France
France
A. Alekseev
Russian Federation
R. I. Bravina
Russian Federation
E. Krubesi
Университет Тулузы им. П. Сабатье
France
France
K. Keizer
Институт судебной медицины, Университет Страсбурга
France
France
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Zvenigoroski V., Fedorova S.A., Hollard K., Gonzales A., Alekseev A., Bravina R.I., Krubesi E., Keizer K. A new approach to genetic kinship testing in Yakut archaeology. Yakut Medical Journal. 2017;(3):16-20.
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