SHAPING OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA GENE POOL OF BELARUSIAN TATARS: LONG DISTANCE MIGRATIONS AND ADMIXTURE
Abstract
Belarusian Tatars are an ethnic group with an interesting population history: being descendants of the Golden Horde inhabitants, Belarusian Tatars have been living in the territory of present-day Belarus, Lithuania and Poland for 6 centuries. To figure out their phylogenetic relationships with other peoples, as well as the intensity of gene flow with the host population we have studied the mitochondrial DNA gene pool of Belarusian Tatars. Our data suggest an admixed nature of their matrilineal gene pool with some lineages being phylogenetically close to lineages from Siberia and Central Asia, while others having a Western-Eurasian origin. There is also evidence of women-driven gene flow from the Belarusians to the Belarusian Tatars.
About the Authors
V. S. PANKRATOV
Институт генетики и цитологии НАН Беларуси, Минск
Belarus
Belarus
A. I. KUSHNIAREVICH
Эстонский Биоцентр, Тарту
Estonia
Estonia
L. U. CHEBOTAREV
Белорусский государственный университет, Минск
Belarus
Belarus
E. METSPALU
Эстонский Биоцентр, Тарту
Estonia
Estonia
O. G. DAVYDENKO
Институт генетики и цитологии НАН Беларуси, Минск
Belarus
Belarus
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