Research Article

Similarities and distinctions in Y chromosome gene pool of Western Slavs

  1. Marcin Woźniak1,*,
  2. Boris Malyarchuk2,
  3. Miroslava Derenko2,
  4. Tomas Vanecek3,
  5. Jan Lazur4,
  6. Pavol Gomolcak5,
  7. Tomasz Grzybowski1

Article first published online: 20 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21253

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American Journal of Physical Anthropology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volume 142, Issue 4, pages 540–548, August 2010

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Woźniak, M., Malyarchuk, B., Derenko, M., Vanecek, T., Lazur, J., Gomolcak, P. and Grzybowski, T. (2010), Similarities and distinctions in Y chromosome gene pool of Western Slavs. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 142: 540–548. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21253

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Collegium Medicum of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland

  2. 2

    Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty Hospital, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic

  4. 4

    Department of Laboratory Medicine, LABMED, Kosice, Slovakia

  5. 5

    Institute of Pathology, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia

*Institute of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Collegium Medicum of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 JUL 2010
  2. Article first published online: 20 JAN 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 NOV 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 25 FEB 2009

Funded by

  • Polish State Committee for Scientific Research. Grant Number: 2 P04C 080 28
  • Program of Basic Research of Russian Academy of Sciences “Biodiversity (Gene Pools and Genetic Diversity)”

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Keywords:

  • Y chromosome;
  • microsatellites;
  • interpopulation comparison;
  • MDS;
  • AMOVA

Abstract

Analysis of Y chromosome Y-STRs has proven to be a useful tool in the field of population genetics, especially in the case of closely related populations. We collected DNA samples from 169 males of Czech origin, 80 males of Slovakian origin, and 142 males dwelling Northern Poland. We performed Y-STR analysis of 12 loci in the samples collected (PowerPlex Y system from Promega) and compared the Y chromosome haplotype frequencies between the populations investigated. Also, we used Y-STR data available from the literature for comparison purposes. We observed significant differences between Y chromosome pools of Czechs and Slovaks compared to other Slavic and European populations. At the same time we were able to point to a specific group of Y-STR haplotypes belonging to an R1a haplogroup that seems to be shared by Slavic populations dwelling in Central Europe. The observed Y chromosome diversity may be explained by taking into consideration archeological and historical data regarding early Slav migrations. Am J Phys Anthropol 142:540–548, 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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