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Mitochondrial DNA variability in Russians and Ukrainians: Implication to the origin of the Eastern Slavs

MALYARCHUK, B. A., DERENKO, M. V.·2001·Annals of Human Genetics

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In order to investigate the origin of the Eastern Slavs, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation was examined in Russians and Ukrainians by hypervariable segment I (HVS I) sequencing and restriction analysis of the haplogroup‐specific sites. No significant differences were found for Russians and Ukrainians when compared to other Europeans – in fact, they fall within the range of gene diversity seen throughout Europe and exhibit the unimodal pattern of pairwise sequence differences. Moreover, HVS I sequences in the Russians and Ukrainians are similar or identical to those found in eastern and western European populations. Despite the small genetic distances between Europeans, phylogenetic analysis reveals a considerable heterogeneity of Eastern Slavonic populations – they do not cluster together onto a phylogenetic tree. Analysis of distribution of rare HVS I types shared between populations of Eastern Slavs and other West Eurasians has shown that Russians share rare haplotypes mainly with Germans and Finno–Ugric populations. Of these, subhaplogroup H1 sequence types, which are defined by different combinations of nucleotides 16192T, 16294T, 16304C, 16311C and 16320T, are found predominantly in common between Russians and German‐speaking populations. The data obtained allow us to conclude that the Slavonic migrations in early Middle Ages from their putative homeland in central Europe to the east of Europe were accompanied mostly by the same mtDNA types characteristic for the pre‐Slavonic populations of eastern Europe.

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  • Low genetic differentiation was found between the 60 ancient mtDNA HVR1 sequences and 246 modern homologous sequences from the same geographic region (FST = 0.00551; P = 0.0663).

    “we compared the 60 mtDNA HVR1 sequences obtained from our ancient sample to 246 homologous modern sequences (29–31) from the same geographic region and found low genetic differentiation (FST = 0.00551; P = 0.0663) (32).”

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Authors
MALYARCHUK, B. A., & DERENKO, M. V.
Affiliations
Institute of Biological Problems of the North (RU)
Venue
Annals of Human Genetics
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2001-01
Volume
65
Issue
1
Pages
63-78
ISSN
  • 0003-4800 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-1809
OpenAlex
W2050362342
Cited by
81
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FWCI
4.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annals of Human Genetics (publishedVersion)
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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
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
mitochondrial DNA, Eastern Slavs, Slavic origins, Russian, Ukrainians, hypervariable region 1, mtDNA haplogroups, Slavic migration, phylogenetic analysis
MeSH terms
DNA, Mitochondrial, Haplotypes, Humans, Phylogeny, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Russia, Ukraine, Genetic Variation, Restriction Mapping, Sequence Analysis, DNA

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