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Dispersals of the Siberian Y-chromosome haplogroup Q in Eurasia
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The human Y-chromosome has proven to be a powerful tool for tracing the paternal history of human populations and genealogical ancestors. The human Y-chromosome haplogroup Q is the most frequent haplogroup in the Americas. Previous studies have traced the origin of haplogroup Q to the region around Central Asia and Southern Siberia. Although the diversity of haplogroup Q in the Americas has been studied in detail, investigations on the diffusion of haplogroup Q in Eurasia and Africa are still limited. In this study, we collected 39 samples from China and Russia, investigated 432 samples from previous studies of haplogroup Q, and analyzed the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) subclades Q1a1a1-M120, Q1a2a1-L54, Q1a1b-M25, Q1a2-M346, Q1a2a1a2-L804, Q1a2b2-F1161, Q1b1a-M378, and Q1b1a1-L245. Through NETWORK and BATWING analyses, we found that the subclades of haplogroup Q continued to disperse from Central Asia and Southern Siberia during the past 10,000 years. Apart from its migration through the Beringia to the Americas, haplogroup Q also moved from Asia to the south and to the west during the Neolithic period, and subsequently to the whole of Eurasia and part of Africa.
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This study analyzes Y-chromosome haplogroup Q in 471 unrelated males—39 newly identified Q samples from China and Russia plus 432 published samples—to trace its Eurasian dispersals. It concludes that Q subclades continued dispersing from Central Asia and Southern Siberia over the past ~10,000 years, including Neolithic southward and westward movements into Eurasia and part of Africa.
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- Of 471 unrelated male samples, 39 newly collected samples belonged to haplogroup Q (16 from China, 23 from Russia); 432 were from previous studies. Networks showed Q1a1a1-M120 mostly in China/Mongolia, Q1a2a1-L54 mostly in Siberia, Q1a1b-M25 in Central Asia, Q1a2-M346 in Northern Asia/Russia/Mongolia with a few African samples, and Q1b1a-M378/Q1b1a1-L245 mainly in Jewish clusters.
- BATWING genealogical mutation-rate estimates included: Q1a1a1-M120 TMRCA 9.8–11.1 KYA and expansion 5.8–6.4 KYA; Q1a1b-M25 (Turkic) TMRCA 3.1–4.6 KYA and expansion 2.0–2.7 KYA; Q1a2-M346 (Turkic) TMRCA 4.0–5.5 KYA and expansion 3.6–4.4 KYA; Q1a2a1a2-L804 TMRCA 5.3–7.1 KYA and expansion 5.2–6.3 KYA.
- Q1b1a-M378 (Jews) TMRCA 1.4–1.8 KYA and expansion 1.5–1.8 KYA; Q1b1a1-L245 (Jews) TMRCA 8.6–10.9 KYA and expansion 4.8–5.4 KYA; Q1a2a1-L54 (Yenisei basin) TMRCA 0.3–2.5 KYA and expansion 0.4–3.4 KYA.
- The authors propose Q1a1a1-M120 migrated from Mongolia to China during the Neolithic and spread with Han ancestors; Q1a1b-M25 and Q1a2-M346 spread with Turkic nomads from Southern Siberia/Central Asia to Eurasia and the Comoros; Q1a2a1a2-L804 spread with early European Neolithic farmers from Central to Western/Northern Europe; Q1b1a-M378 and Q1b1a1-L245 expanded with Jewish Diaspora populations into Europe.
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- Sample: 471 unrelated males; 39 newly identified haplogroup Q samples (16 China: Bao-An, Dong-Xiang, Li-Qian, Shao-Xing; 23 Russia: Enets, Ket, Selkup) plus 432 samples from published studies.
- Genotyping: hierarchical binary SNP genotyping by SNaPshot and fluorescent allele-specific PCR; 17 Y-STRs amplified with AmpFlSTR Yfiler; reduced-median networks in NETWORK v.5.0.0.1 for eight Q subclades using 7–15 loci; BATWING MCMC estimates of TMRCA and expansion time with four mutation rates (EMR, OMRB, OMRS, lmMR) and a 30-year generation time; Kriging contour map of Q-M242 frequencies.
- Analysis focused on Q1a1a1-M120, Q1a2a1-L54, Q1a1b-M25, Q1a2-M346, Q1a2a1a2-L804, Q1a2b2-F1161, Q1b1a-M378, and Q1b1a1-L245.
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- No formal limitations section is present. The paper states that a higher-resolution database would help draw more conclusions and that the authors did not discuss origins/migrations of American samples because they focused on Eurasia.
- Evident from the text: newly identified Q samples are small (16 China, 23 Russia) and unevenly distributed; analyses combine published datasets with different loci, requiring reduced STR panels (7–15 loci); time estimates depend heavily on mutation-rate choice, with EMR producing much older TMRCAs than genealogical rates; some network clusters are based on few samples (e.g., Q1a2a1a2-L804 cluster 1: two Western European and one Northern American; Q1a2b2-F1161 cluster 1: three Northern European and one Western European).
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“The network of Q1a2a1a2-L804 had a central cluster shared by Western European and Northern American samples with other branches of Western, Northern and Central Europe.”
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“The network of Q1a1a1-M120 included most samples from China along with a small number of Mongolian samples.”
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“The network of Q1a2a1-L54 contained most samples from Siberia (Northern Asia/Russia), and few samples from Mongolia, China and Northern America.”
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“The network of Q1a1b-M25 consisted of samples from Central Asia with a small number of Eastern Asian/Mongolian, Western Asian, Central and Western European samples.”
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“The network of Q1b1a1-L245 had a star-like shape of Jewish samples and a small amount of European and Western Asian samples.”
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“the three genealogical mutation rates had approximately similar results”
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“| Q1a2a1-L54 (Yenisei basin) | 10.4/9.2 | 2.5/3.4 | 2.4/3.3 | 0.3/0.4 |”
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- Authors
- Huang, Y.-Z., Pamjav, H., Flegontov, P., Stenzl, V., Wen, S.-Q., Tong, X.-Z., Wang, C.-C., Wang, L.-X., Wei, L.-H., Gao, J.-Y., Jin, L., & Li, H.
- Affiliations
- Fudan University (CN)
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
- Policie České republiky - Kriminalistický ústav (CZ)
- Xiamen University (CN)
- Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Hui
- Venue
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Published
- 2017-09-07
- Volume
- 293
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 107-117
- ISSN
- 1617-4623 (ISSN-L)
- 1617-4615
- PMC
- PMC5846874
- OpenAlex
- W2751540482
- Semantic Scholar
- 8347f24eed1c1bec583b5c8b2d1978864db653c9
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 87
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 1.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31222030, 31671297, 31271338)
- MOE Scientific Research Project (113022A)
- Shanghai Shuguang Project (14SG05)
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFC0900300)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Keywords
- Central Asia, Southern Siberia, Neolithic migration, Beringia, migration to Africa, single nucleotide polymorphisms
- MeSH terms
- Asia, China, Genetics, Population, Haplotypes, Humans, Phylogeny, Siberia, Microsatellite Repeats, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Chromosomes, Human, Y, Human Migration
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