mtDNA and Y-chromosome variation in the Talysh of Iran and Azerbaijan. Export

@article{citeulike:3177452, abstract = {The Northern Talysh from Azerbaijan and the Southern Talysh from Iran self-identify as one ethnic group and speak a Northwestern Iranian language. However, the Northern and Southern Talysh dialects are so different that they may actually be separate languages. Does this linguistic differentiation reflect internal change due to isolation, or could contact-induced change have played a role? We analyzed mtDNA HVI sequences, 11 Y-chromosome bi-allelic markers, and 9 Y-STR loci in Northern and Southern Talysh and compared them with their neighboring groups. The mtDNA data show a close relatedness of both groups with each other and with neighboring groups, whereas the Northern Talysh Y-chromosome variation differs from that of neighboring groups, probably as a result of genetic drift. This genetic drift most likely reflects a founder event in the male gene pool of Northern Talysh: either fewer males than females migrated to Azerbaijan, or there was a higher degree of relatedness among the male migrants. Since we find no evidence of substantial genetic contact between either Northern or Southern Talysh and neighboring groups, we conclude that internal change, rather than contact-induced change, most likely explains the linguistic differentiation between Northern and Southern Talysh. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.}, address = {Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.}, author = {Nasidze, Ivan and Quinque, Dominique and Rahmani, Manijeh and Alemohamad, Seyed Ali A. and Asadova, Pervin and Zhukova, Olga and Stoneking, Mark}, citeulike-article-id = {3177452}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20903}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18711736}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18711736}, day = {18}, doi = {10.1002/ajpa.20903}, issn = {1096-8644}, journal = {American journal of physical anthropology}, keywords = {9-strs, azerbaijan, iran, talysh, y}, month = {August}, posted-at = {2008-09-01 05:34:03}, priority = {5}, title = {mtDNA and Y-chromosome variation in the Talysh of Iran and Azerbaijan.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20903}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3177452 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3177452 N2 - The Northern Talysh from Azerbaijan and the Southern Talysh from Iran self-identify as one ethnic group and speak a Northwestern Iranian language. However, the Northern and Southern Talysh dialects are so different that they may actually be separate languages. Does this linguistic differentiation reflect internal change due to isolation, or could contact-induced change have played a role? We analyzed mtDNA HVI sequences, 11 Y-chromosome bi-allelic markers, and 9 Y-STR loci in Northern and Southern Talysh and compared them with their neighboring groups. The mtDNA data show a close relatedness of both groups with each other and with neighboring groups, whereas the Northern Talysh Y-chromosome variation differs from that of neighboring groups, probably as a result of genetic drift. This genetic drift most likely reflects a founder event in the male gene pool of Northern Talysh: either fewer males than females migrated to Azerbaijan, or there was a higher degree of relatedness among the male migrants. Since we find no evidence of substantial genetic contact between either Northern or Southern Talysh and neighboring groups, we conclude that internal change, rather than contact-induced change, most likely explains the linguistic differentiation between Northern and Southern Talysh. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. JF - American journal of physical anthropology SN - 1096-8644 AD - Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany. TI - mtDNA and Y-chromosome variation in the Talysh of Iran and Azerbaijan. KW - 9-strs KW - azerbaijan KW - iran KW - talysh KW - y AU - Nasidze, Ivan AU - Quinque, Dominique AU - Rahmani, Manijeh AU - Alemohamad, Seyed Ali AU - Asadova, Pervin AU - Zhukova, Olga AU - Stoneking, Mark PY - 2008/08/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20903 ER -