Genetic Portraits of the Yakut Regional Populations (Based on Y-Chromosome Polymorphism Data)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21178410 |
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| Authors | D S Adamov (0009-0009-3527-4195, Research Centre for Medical Genetics), A Y Potanina (0009-0000-7911-4673, Research Centre for Medical Genetics), Y V Bogunov (0000-0001-7643-3660, Research Centre for Medical Genetics), M K Zhabagin (0000-0003-3414-0610, National Center for Biotechnology), Elena V Balanovska (0000-0002-3882-8300, Research Centre for Medical Genetics) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 144-154 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1563-0110 • E-ISSN: 1531-832X |
| Publisher | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17746/1563-0110.2025.53.2.144-154 |
| OpenAlex | W4412094540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
We present data on SNP haplogroups and STR haplotypes of the Y-chromosome in main Yakut ethno-local populations. Clusters of STR haplotypes and median networks of principal haplogroup N3a2 (N-M1982) indicate three lines: N-M1983, N-M1933, and N-Y25011. The first one, widely distributed throughout Yakutia and present in one half of Yakut males, marks the putative descendants of Elley, the legendary progenitor of the Yakuts. Line N-M1933 is found where descendants of another legendary progenitor, Omogoy, live. The N-Y25011 line is frequent in the Vilyuy basin, where the Yakuts had migrated from the Middle Lena in the 1600s. The predominance of lines N-M1983 and N-Y25011 is less marked in the northeastern part of this region than in the southwestern one. The frequency of haplogroup N3a2 drops to 70 % in the Yakuts of the northeastern Vilyuy basin, northeastern Yakutia, and northeastern Khabarovsk Territory. The estimated time to the most recent common ancestor of Yakuts, marked by the N3a2 haplogroup, 1200 ± 480 years, shows a fair agreement with aDNA data. Samples of the Yakuts from Yakutia and the Okhotsk coast and of Sakha-speaking Evenki reveal a compact “Yakut” core area in the multidimensional genetic space of the Y-gene pools of Siberia and the Far East. This core is marked by an elevated frequency (68–95 %) of the N3a2 haplogroup, which is rare (0–21 %) in other populations of Siberia (Dolgans, Nanais, Negidals, Nivkhs, Tuvans, Ulchi, Evenki, and Evens). Regional Y-chromosome profiles are consistent with historical data regarding Yakut origins and legends
Archaeology · Biology · Chromosome · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Genealogy · Genetic data · Genotype · Geography · Population · Portrait · Sociology · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · History · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Genetics
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |