Analysis of Y chromosome STR haplotypes in the European part of Russia reveals high diversities but non-significant genetic distances between populations
Roewer L, Willuweit S, Krüger C, Nagy M, Rychkov S, Morozowa I, Naumova O, Schneider Y, Zhukova O, Stoneking M, Nasidze I.
Abstract
A total of 17 Y-specific STR loci were studied in 12 districts of the European part of Russia aiming to ascertain the amount of substructure required for the construction of a representative regional database. All groups exhibited high haplotype diversities but low inter-population variance as measured by an analysis of molecular variance. However, when Western Russia is taken as a whole, the genetic distances to the neighbouring populations were significant. Whereas gradual change in the Y chromosome pool exists between Russia and the Slavic-speaking populations to the West, remarkable discontinuities were observed with neighbouring populations in the East, North and South. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00414-007-0222-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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