Boundaries and clines in the West Eurasian Y-chromosome landscape: insights from the European part of Russia. Export

@article{citeulike:4640620, abstract = {Previous studies of Y chromosome variation have revealed that western Europe, the Volga-Ural region, and the Caucasus differ dramatically with respect to Y-SNP haplogroup composition. The European part of Russia is situated in between these three regions; to determine if these differences reflect clines or boundaries in the Y-chromosome landscape, we analyzed 12 Y-SNPs in 545 males from 12 populations from the European part of Russia. The majority of Russian Y chromosomes (from 74\% to 94\%) belong to three Y chromosomal lineages [I-M170, R1a1-M17, and N3-TAT] that are also frequent in the rest of east Europe, north Europe, and/or in the Volga-Ural region. We find significant but low correlations between haplogroup frequencies and the geographic location of populations, suggesting gradual change in the Y chromosome gene pool across western Eurasia. However, we also find some significant boundaries between populations, suggesting that both isolation and migration have influenced the Y chromosome landscape.}, author = {Fechner, A. and Quinque, D. and Rychkov, S. and Morozowa, I. and Naumova, O. and Schneider, Y. and Willuweit, S. and Zhukova, O. and Roewer, L. and Stoneking, M. and Nasidze, I.}, citeulike-article-id = {4640620}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20838}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18470899}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18470899}, doi = {10.1002/ajpa.20838}, issn = {1096-8644}, journal = {American journal of physical anthropology}, keywords = {eurasia, i, n1c1, r1a1, russia, west\_eurasian, y}, month = {September}, number = {1}, pages = {41--47}, posted-at = {2009-05-27 07:51:00}, priority = {5}, title = {Boundaries and clines in the West Eurasian Y-chromosome landscape: insights from the European part of Russia.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20838}, volume = {137}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4640620 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4640620 N2 - Previous studies of Y chromosome variation have revealed that western Europe, the Volga-Ural region, and the Caucasus differ dramatically with respect to Y-SNP haplogroup composition. The European part of Russia is situated in between these three regions; to determine if these differences reflect clines or boundaries in the Y-chromosome landscape, we analyzed 12 Y-SNPs in 545 males from 12 populations from the European part of Russia. The majority of Russian Y chromosomes (from 74% to 94%) belong to three Y chromosomal lineages [I-M170, R1a1-M17, and N3-TAT] that are also frequent in the rest of east Europe, north Europe, and/or in the Volga-Ural region. We find significant but low correlations between haplogroup frequencies and the geographic location of populations, suggesting gradual change in the Y chromosome gene pool across western Eurasia. However, we also find some significant boundaries between populations, suggesting that both isolation and migration have influenced the Y chromosome landscape. IS - 1 JF - American journal of physical anthropology SN - 1096-8644 EP - 47 TI - Boundaries and clines in the West Eurasian Y-chromosome landscape: insights from the European part of Russia. VL - 137 SP - 41 KW - eurasia KW - i KW - n1c1 KW - r1a1 KW - russia KW - west_eurasian KW - y AU - Fechner, A AU - Quinque, D AU - Rychkov, S AU - Morozowa, I AU - Naumova, O AU - Schneider, Y AU - Willuweit, S AU - Zhukova, O AU - Roewer, L AU - Stoneking, M AU - Nasidze, I PY - 2008/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20838 ER -