Genetic data concerning the problem of differentiation of Northern Mongoloids, American Indians and Caucasoids in the northern territory of Eurasia.
Basing on the frequencies of 28 alleles of 12 polymorphic loci of blood groups, serum proteins and red cell enzymes the matrix of genetic distances between 11 populations of Europe, Asia and America was calculated. This matrix and the dendrogram based on it permitted to suggest that the region of South Siberia and the neighbouring regions of Central Asia was the place, where the paleolithic populations were divided into the ancestors of the Northern Mongoloids, Caucasoids and American Indians. The published data concerning the human mtDNA polymorphisms support the hypothesis of the author.
Nazarova
Ariadna F
AF
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. admin@sevin.ru
D001209:Asia, Central / Q000453:epidemiology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005819:Genetic Markers