Analysis of Y chromosome STR haplotypes in the European part of Russia reveals high diversities but non-significant genetic distances between populations

• DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0222-2
• Publication Date: 2008-01-28T10:02:51Z
• Authors: Lutz Roewer; Sascha Willuweit; Carmen Krüger; Marion Nagy; Sergey Rychkov; Irina Morozowa; Oksana Naumova; Yuriy Schneider; Olga Zhukova; Mark Stoneking; Ivan Nasidze
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; Chromosomes, Human, Y; DNA Fingerprinting; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Russia; 03 medical and health sciences; Genetics, Population; Haplotypes; Tandem Repeat Sequences; Humans; Original Article

A total of 17 Y-specific STR loci were studied in 12 districts the European part Russia aiming to ascertain amount substructure required for construction a representative regional database. All groups exhibited high haplotype diversities but low inter-population variance as measured by an analysis molecular variance. However, when Western is taken whole, genetic distances neighbouring populations significant. Whereas gradual change Y chromosome pool exists between and Slavic-speaking West, remarkable discontinuities observed with East, North South.