[Variability in mitochondrial DNA in Russian inhabitants from Krasnodar Krai, Belgorod and the lower Novgorod region].
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism was examined in three Russian populations from the European part of Russia (Krasnodar Krai, Belgorod, and Nizhnii Novgorod oblast). This analysis revealed that mitochondrial gene pool of Russians was represented by the mtDNA types belonging to groups H, V, pre-V, HV*, J, T, U, K, I, W, and X. The major groups (average frequency over 5%) were H, V, J, T, and U. Mongoloid admixture in Russians, constituting only 1%, was revealed in the form of mtDNA types of groups C and D. Analysis of the frequency distribution of the mtDNA type groups indicated the absence of genetic differences between the Russian populations studied.
Maliarchuk
B A
BA
Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, 685000 Russia.
Denisova
G A
GA
Derenko
M V
MV
Rogaev
E I
EI
Vlasenko
L V
LV
Zhukova
S G
SG
D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
Izmenchivost' mitokhondrial'noĭ DNK v populiatsiiakh russkogo naseleniia Krasnodarskogo kraia, Belgorodskoĭ i Nizhegorodskoĭ oblasteĭ.