title: [Molecular genetic differentiation of ethnic populations in Southern and Eastern Siberia based on mitochondrial DNA polymorphism].
abstract: Using the data on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism, genetic structures of the ethnic groups inhabiting South and East Siberia, including Altaians, Buryats, Tuvinians, Todjins, Tofalars, Yakuts, and Evenks were described. Mitochondrial gene pools of the populations examined were characterized by different ratios between Mongoloid (M*, C, D, E/G, G, A, B, and F) and Caucasoid (H, HV, I, J, K, T, U, and X) mtDNA lineages. All the populations studied carried a marked Mongoloid component, maximum frequency of which was observed in Evenks (92.4%) and Buryats (90.1%). Maximum frequencies of Caucasoid mtDNA lineages were detected in Tofalars (20.7%) and Yakuts (14.5%). Statistically significant interpopulation differences regarding the frequencies of mtDNA haplogroups were observed between all populations examined, excluding the pairs of Evenks-Yakuts, Evenks-Tuvinians, and Tuvinians-Todjins. Differentiation of the ethnic groups inhabiting South and East Siberia, as well as Central and Middle Asia, is discussed based on genetic, linguistic, and anthropological data.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, 685000 Russia. mderenko@mail.ru
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Derenko
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Maliarchuk
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Denisova
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Dambueva
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Kakpakov
authors.forename: Ch M
authors.initials: ChM
authors.lastname: Dorzhu
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Luzina
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lotosh
authors.forename: U N
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Ondar
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Kaplina
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Zakharov
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012800:Siberia / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial