Is there a Finno-Ugric component in the gene pool of Russians from Yaroslavl oblast? Evidence from Y-chromosome

M. I. Chukhryaeva; E. S. Pavlova; V. V. Napolskich; E. V. Garin; A. S. Klopov; S. N. Temnyatkin; V. V. Zaporozhchenko; A. G. Romanov; A. T. Agdzhoyan; O. M. Utevska; N. V. Markina; S. M. Koshel; O. P. Balanovsky; E. V. Balanovska

doi:10.1134/S1022795417030048

Is there a Finno-Ugric component in the gene pool of Russians from Yaroslavl oblast? Evidence from Y-chromosome

Authors: Chukhryaeva M.I.¹^,2, Pavlova E.S.³, Napolskich V.V.⁴, Garin E.V.⁵, Klopov A.S.⁶, Temnyatkin S.N.⁷, Zaporozhchenko V.V.¹^,2, Romanov A.G.¹, Agdzhoyan A.T.¹^,2, Utevska O.M.⁸, Markina N.V.², Koshel S.M.⁹, Balanovsky O.P.¹^,2, Balanovska E.V.¹
Affiliations:
1. Research Centre for Medical Genetics
2. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics
3. Demidov Yaroslavl State University
4. Institute of Social Communications
5. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters
6. Mologa Territory Museum (Rybinsk Museum Reserve)
7. Ethnographic Museum of Katskari
8. Karazin Kharkiv National University
9. Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics
Issue: Vol 53, No 3 (2017)
Pages: 388-399
Section: Human Genetics
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1022-7954/article/view/188182
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795417030048
ID: 188182

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The Upper Volga region was an area of contacts of Finno-Ugric, Slavic, and Scandinavian speaking populations in the 8th–10th centuries AD. However, their role in the formation of the contemporary gene pool of the Russian population of the region is largely unknown. To answer this question, we studied four populations of Yaroslavl oblast (N = 132) by a wide panel of STR and SNP markers of the Y-chromosome. Two of the studied populations appear to be genetically similar: the indigenous Russian population of Yaroslavl oblast and population of Katskari are characterized by the same major haplogroup, R-M198 (xM458). Haplogroup R-M458 composes more than half of Sitskari’s gene pool. The major haplogroup in the gene pool of the population of the ancient town of Mologa is N-M178. Subtyping N-M178 by newest “genomeera” Y-SNP markers showed different pathways of entering this haplogroup into the gene pools of Yaroslavl Volga region populations. The majority of Russian populations have subvariant N3a3-CTS10760; the regular sample of Yaroslavl oblast is equally represented by subvariants N3a3-CTS10760 and N3a4-Z1936, while subvariant N3a4-Z1936 predominates in the gene pool of population of Mologa. This N3a4-Z1936 haplogroup is common among the population of the north of Eastern Europe and the Volga-Ural region. The obtained results indicate preservation of the Finno-Ugric component in the gene pool of population of Mologa and a contribution of Slavic colonization in the formation of the gene pool of the Yaroslavl Volga region populations and make it possible to hypothesize the genetic contribution of the “downstream” (Rostov- Suzdal) rather than “upstream” (Novgorod) Slavic migration wave.

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gene pool, genogeography, Y-chromosome, SNP, STR, Russians, Yaroslavl oblast, Finno-Ugric peoples, Merya, Sitskari, Katskari, Mologzhane

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Is there a Finno-Ugric component in the gene pool of Russians from Yaroslavl oblast? Evidence from Y-chromosome

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