Volume 43, Number 3, 334-337, DOI: 10.1134/S1022795407030179

Distribution of the male lineages of Genghis Khan’s descendants in northern Eurasian populations

M. V. Derenko, B. A. Malyarchuk, M. Wozniak, G. A. Denisova, I. K. Dambueva, C. M. Dorzhu, T. Grzybowski and I. A. Zakharov

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Abstract

Data on the variation of 12 microsatellite loci of Y-chromosome haplogroup C3 were used to screen lineages included in the cluster of Genghis Khan’s descendants in 18 northern Eurasian populations (Altaian Kazakhs, Altaians-Kizhi, Teleuts, Khakassians, Shorians, Tyvans, Todjins, Tofalars, Sojots, Buryats, Khamnigans, Evenks, Mongols, Kalmyks, Tajiks, Kurds, Persians, and Russians; the total sample size was 1437 people). The highest frequency of haplotypes from the cluster of the Genghis Khan’s descendants was found in Mongols (34.8%). In Russia, this cluster was found in Altaian Kazakhs (8.3%), Altaians (3.4%), Buryats (2.3%), Tyvans (1.9%), and Kalmyks (1.7%).
Original Russian Text © M.V. Derenko, B.A. Malyarchuk, M. Wozniak, G.A. Denisova, I.K. Dambueva, C.M. Dorzhu, T. Grzybowski, I.A. Zakharov, 2007, published in Genetika, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 422–426.

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