Molecular Genetic Differentiation of the Ethnic Populations of South and East Siberia Based on Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism |
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| Authors: | Derenko M. V. Malyarchuk B. A. Denisova G. A. Dambueva I. K. Kakpakov V. T. Dorzhu Ch. M. Luzina F. A. Lotosh E. A. Ondar U. N. Kaplina M. I. Zakharov I. A. |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, 685000, Russia;(2) Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russia;(3) Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia;(4) Tuva State University, Kyzyl, 667035, Russia;(5) Institute of Occupational Diseases and Hygiene Problems, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novokuznetsk, 654041, Russia;(6) Administration of Public Health of Evenk Autonomous Okrug, Tura, 663370, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Using the data on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism, genetic structures of the ethnic groups inhabiting South and East Siberia, including Altaians, Buryats, Tuvinians, Todjins, Tofalars, Yakuts, and Evenks were described. Mitochondrial gene pools of the populations examined were characterized by different ratios between Mongoloid (M*, C, D, E/G, G, A, B, and F) and Caucasoid (H, HV, I, J, K, T, U, and X) mtDNA lineages. All the populations studied carried a marked Mongoloid component, maximum frequency of which was observed in Evenks (92.4%) and Buryats (90.1%). Maximum frequencies of Caucasoid mtDNA lineages were detected in Tofalars (20.7%) and Yakuts (14.5%). Statistically significant interpopulation differences regarding the frequencies of mtDNA haplogroups were observed between all populations examined, excluding the pairs of Evenks–Yakuts, Evenks–Tuvinians, and Tuvinians-Todjins. Differentiation of the ethnic groups inhabiting South and East Siberia, as well as Central and Middle Asia, is discussed based on genetic, linguistic, and anthropological data. |
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