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Genetic differentiation of the Russian populations in Eastern Europe |
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| © 2006 B. A. Malyarchuk, M. V. Derenko |
| Institute of Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS, Magadan |
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| Mitochondrial gene pools of the European populations are characterized by high frequency (up to 50%) of haplogroup H, the substructure of which has not been practically taken into account in population studies. This paper contains data on distribution of major subgroups of haplogroup H (H*, H1*, H1a, H1b, H2*, H2a1, H4, H5*, H5a, H6*, H6a1, H7, H8, H11a) in seven Russian populations of Eastern Europe (Tula, Kaluga, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Pskov and Novgorod regions). Comparison of these data with results of previous studies on mtDNA H-component diversity in the Russians from Belgorod, Orel and Nizhny Novgorod has allowed extending our knowledge about phylogeography of mtDNA haplogroup H subgroups in the Russian populations of Eastern Europe. Different statistical approaches (analysis of AMOVA molecular variation and analysis of median networks) were used in order to examine the genetic differentiation of the Russian populations. Genetic peculiarity of the Russian populations has been established for the northwestern areas of European Russia. |
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| Keywords: mitochondrial DNA, Russian populations, molecular phylogeography, ethnogenesis. |
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