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The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols
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We have identified a Y-chromosomal lineage with several unusual features. It was found in 16 populations throughout a large region of Asia, stretching from the Pacific to the Caspian Sea, and was present at high frequency: approximately 8% of the men in this region carry it, and it thus makes up approximately 0.5% of the world total. The pattern of variation within the lineage suggested that it originated in Mongolia approximately 1,000 years ago. Such a rapid spread cannot have occurred by chance; it must have been a result of selection. The lineage is carried by likely male-line descendants of Genghis Khan, and we therefore propose that it has spread by a novel form of social selection resulting from their behavior.
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The paper identifies a Y-chromosomal lineage, the “star cluster,” that spread rapidly across Asia within the last ~1,000 years and is now carried by ~8% of men in the region. The authors argue this spread cannot be explained by chance and propose it resulted from social selection linked to Genghis Khan and his male relatives.
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- A closely related Y-chromosomal lineage in haplogroup C*(xC3c), called the “star cluster,” was found in 16 populations from Central Asia to the Pacific; it represents ~8% of males in the region and, if the sample is representative, ~16 million men, or ~0.5% of the world’s total.
- TMRCA estimates were ~1,000 years (95% CI ~700–1,300 years) with BAT-WING and ~860 years (~590–1,300 years) with the r method; the most likely place of origin was Mongolia.
- Neutrality was rejected: under double exponential growth, the probability of the observed low variation at ~8% frequency was <10^-237, and even with a 10-fold lower mutation rate it was still <10^-10.
- The authors propose the lineage spread through Genghis Khan and his male relatives via a novel form of social selection; Hazara oral genealogies and Y profiles support a link, and in simplest models the founder male would contribute ~4% of autosomal and ~2.7% of X-chromosomal ancestry in the affected population.
Methods
- Y-chromosomal haplotypes were generated for 2,123 men, including 1,126 individuals described elsewhere, using binary markers and 16 Y microsatellites; DYS19 was excluded from network analysis because it is duplicated in haplogroup C.
- The star cluster was defined as haplotypes linked without gaps to the central haplotype in a median-joining network of haplogroup C*(xC3c).
- TMRCA was estimated with BAT-WING and an r method assuming a 30-year generation time; neutrality was tested using a method that compares observed lineage frequency with its level of variation under demographic models.
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- The paper states that Genghis Khan’s remains cannot be examined directly, so the link to him relies on historical inference and Hazara oral genealogy/Y-profile comparison.
- The paper states that biological selection cannot be entirely ruled out and that whether the case represents group selection is unclear.
- The paper’s 16-million/0.5% estimate is explicitly conditional on the sample being representative; TMRCA estimates depend on demographic models and the assumed 30-year generation time, and the star-cluster definition uses a network-based inclusion criterion (the latter two are evident from the methods).
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“Even with the demographic model most likely to lead to rapid increase of the lineage, double exponential growth, the probability was !10 Ϫ237”
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“Second, star-cluster chromosomes were found in 16 populations throughout a large geographical area extending from Central Asia to the Pacific (fig.2)”
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“We did not find evidence to support the previous proposition that this lineage has direct connections with Genghis Khan himself [1].”
From Whole-sequence analysis indicates that the Y chromosome C2*-Star Cluster traces back to ordinary Mongols, rather than Genghis Khan (2018) · cites this paper as [1]
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“High frequency microsatellite haplotypes of the male-specific Y chromosome can signal past episodes of high reproductive success of particular men and their patrilineal descendants.”
From Y-chromosome descent clusters and male differential reproductive success: young lineage expansions dominate Asian pastoral nomadic populations (2015) · cites this paper as [5]
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“The lineage is characterised by a high-frequency Y-microsatellite haplotype and a set of close mutational neighbours - a so-called ‘star-cluster’.”
From Y-chromosome descent clusters and male differential reproductive success: young lineage expansions dominate Asian pastoral nomadic populations (2015) · cites this paper as [5]
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“The two previously recognised Asian star-clusters (‘Khan’ and ‘Giocangga’5,7), are identified here, and correspond to DCs 1 and 8 respectively.”
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“Previously, two examples of such successful Y-lineages have been described in Asia, both associated with Altaic-speaking pastoral nomadic societies, and putatively linked to dynasties descending respectively from Genghis Khan and Giocangga.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zerjal, T., Xue, Y., Bertorelle, G., Wells, R. S., Bao, W., Zhu, S., Qamar, R., Ayub, Q., Mohyuddin, A., Fu, S., Li, P., Yuldasheva, N., Ruzibakiev, R., Xu, J., Shu, Q., Du, R., Yang, H., Hurles, M. E., Robinson, E., Gerelsaikhan, T., Dashnyam, B., Mehdi, S. Q., & Tyler-Smith, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Harbin Medical University (CN)
- University of Ferrara (IT)
- Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan (UZ)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MN)
- ORCID
- Venue
- The American Journal of Human Genetics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-03
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 717-721
- ISSN
- 0002-9297 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC1180246
- OpenAlex
- W2142431182
- Semantic Scholar
- 57630a24778cb093bf34e5e6a9d94d4ce9a4da5d
- Cited by
- 563
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 26
- FWCI
- 6.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The American Journal of Human Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Royal Society
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 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 › Arts and Humanities › History › Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Keywords
- Y-chromosome lineages, Genghis Khan, social selection, Mongol expansion, population genetics, genetic ancestry, East Asia
- MeSH terms
- Chromosome Mapping, Geography, Haplotypes, Humans, Male, Models, Genetic, Mongolia, Mutation, Russia, Selection, Genetic, Time, Chromosomes, Human, Y, Asian People
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