Phylogeographic Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA in the Nogays: A Strong Mixture of Maternal Lineages from Eastern and Western Eurasia |
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| Authors: | Bermisheva M A Kutuev I A Korshunova T Yu Dubova N A Villems R Khusnutdinova E K |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, 450054, Russia;(2) Institute of Anthropology and Ethnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334, Russia;(3) Estonian Biological Center, Tartu University, Tartu, 51010, Estonia |
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| Abstract: | Analysis of mtDNA markers in a population of the Nogays (n = 206), the people inhabiting the North Caucasus and speaking a Turkic language of the Altaic linguistic family, has revealed
a high level of genetic diversity (H = 0.99). The identified haplotypes include all major West Eurasian haplogroups, with
the prevalence of H and U clusters (22 and 21%, respectively), but the percentage of lineages specific for East Eurasian populations
is the highest (40%). Some other mtDNA variants in the Nogay population belong to the M1 haplogroups typical of northeastern
Africa and U2 characteristic of Indian populations. Thus, components of different origin have contributed to the gene pool
of Nogays.
An erratum to this article is available at . |
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| Keywords: | mitochondrial DNA haplotyping ethnogenomics Nogays |
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