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The Peopling of Modern Bosnia-Herzegovina: Y-chromosome Haplogroups in the Three Main Ethnic Groups

  1. D. Marjanovic1,*,
  2. S. Fornarino2,
  3. S. Montagna2,
  4. D. Primorac3,4,
  5. R. Hadziselimovic1,
  6. S. Vidovic5,
  7. N. Pojskic1,
  8. V. Battaglia2,
  9. A. Achilli2,
  10. K. Drobnic6,
  11. S. Andjelinovic3,
  12. A. Torroni2,
  13. A. S. Santachiara-Benerecetti2,
  14. O. Semino2,*

Article first published online: 28 APR 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00190.x

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Annals of Human Genetics

Annals of Human Genetics

Volume 69, Issue 6, pages 757–763, November 2005

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Marjanovic, D., Fornarino, S., Montagna, S., Primorac, D., Hadziselimovic, R., Vidovic, S., Pojskic, N., Battaglia, V., Achilli, A., Drobnic, K., Andjelinovic, S., Torroni, A., Santachiara-Benerecetti, A. S. and Semino, O. (2005), The Peopling of Modern Bosnia-Herzegovina: Y-chromosome Haplogroups in the Three Main Ethnic Groups. Annals of Human Genetics, 69: 757–763. doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00190.x

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  1. 1

    Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  2. 2

    Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia “A. Buzzati-Traverso”, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

  3. 3

    Medical School at Split University, Split, Croatia

  4. 4

    Medical School at Osijek University, Osijek, Croatia

  5. 5

    Faculty of Medicine, University of Banjaluka, Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  6. 6

    Forensic Laboratory and Research Center, Ministry of the Interior, Ljubljana, Slovenia

* Address for correspondence: Dr. Damir Marjanovic, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Sarajevo, Kemalbegova 10, 71.000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tel. +387 33 220 926; Fax +387 33 442 891, E-mail: damirm.marjanovic@ingeb.ba
Dr. Ornella Semino, Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Via Ferrata, 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Tel +39 0382 985543; Fax +39 0382 528496, E-mail: semino@ipvgen.unipv.it

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 APR 2005
  2. Article first published online: 28 APR 2005
  3. Received: 29 November 2004   Accepted: 15 February 2005

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Keywords:

  • Y-Chromosome haplogroups;
  • Polymorphisms;
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina;
  • Balkans

Summary

The variation at 28 Y-chromosome biallelic markers was analysed in 256 males (90 Croats, 81 Serbs and 85 Bosniacs) from Bosnia-Herzegovina. An important shared feature between the three ethnic groups is the high frequency of the “Palaeolithic” European-specific haplogroup (Hg) I, a likely signature of a Balkan population re-expansion after the Last Glacial Maximum. This haplogroup is almost completely represented by the sub-haplogroup I-P37 whose frequency is, however, higher in the Croats (∼71%) than in Bosniacs (∼44%) and Serbs (∼31%). Other rather frequent haplogroups are E (∼15%) and J (∼7%), which are considered to have arrived from the Middle East in Neolithic and post-Neolithic times, and R-M17 (∼14%), which probably marked several arrivals, at different times, from eastern Eurasia. Hg E, almost exclusively represented by its subclade E-M78, is more common in the Serbs (∼20%) than in Bosniacs (∼13%) and Croats (∼9%), and Hg J, observed in only one Croat, encompasses ∼9% of the Serbs and ∼12% of the Bosniacs, where it shows its highest diversification. By contrast, Hg R-M17 displays similar frequencies in all three groups. On the whole, the three main groups of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in spite of some quantitative differences, share a large fraction of the same ancient gene pool distinctive for the Balkan area.

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