Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts
International audience The Yakuts (also known as Sakha), Turkic-speaking cattle- and horse-breeders, inhabit a vast territory in Central and northeastern Siberia. On the basis of the archaeological, ethnographic and linguistic evidence, they are assumed to have migrated north from their original are...
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ftunivlyon:oai:HAL:hal-02006826v1 2023-06-11T04:16:19+02:00 Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts Pakendorf, Brigitte Novgorodov, Innokentij Osakovskij, Vladimir Danilova, Al’bina Protod’jakonov, Artur Stoneking, Mark Dynamique Du Langage (DDL) Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Evolutionary Genetics Evolutionary Genetics 2006 https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-02006826 en eng HAL CCSD Springer Verlag hal-02006826 https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-02006826 ISSN: 0340-6717 EISSN: 1432-1203 Human Genetics https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-02006826 Human Genetics, 2006, 120 (3), pp.334-353 [SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2006 ftunivlyon 2023-04-26T02:11:23Z International audience The Yakuts (also known as Sakha), Turkic-speaking cattle- and horse-breeders, inhabit a vast territory in Central and northeastern Siberia. On the basis of the archaeological, ethnographic and linguistic evidence, they are assumed to have migrated north from their original area of settlement in the vicinity of Lake Baykal in South Siberia under the pressure of the Mongol expansion during the thirteenth to fifteenth century AD: . During their initial migration and subsequent expansion, the ancestors of the Yakuts settled in the territory originally occupied by Tungusic- and Uralic-speaking reindeer-herders and hunters. In this paper we use mtDNA and Y-chromosomal analyses to elucidate whether the Yakut immigration and expansion was accompanied by admixture with the indigenous populations of their new area of settlement or whether the Yakuts displaced the original inhabitants without intermarriage. The mtDNA results show a very close affinity of the Yakuts with Central Asian and South Siberian groups, which confirms their southern origin. There is no conclusive evidence for admixture with indigenous populations, though a small amount cannot be excluded on the basis of the mtDNA data alone. The Y-chromosomal results confirm previous findings of a very strong bottleneck in the Yakuts, the age of which is in good accordance with the hypothesis that the Yakuts migrated north under Mongol pressure. Furthermore, the genetic results show that the Yakuts are a very homogenous population, notwithstanding their current spread over a very large territory. This confirms the historical accounts that they spread over their current area of settlement fairly recently. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sakha Yakut Yakuts Siberia Université de Lyon: HAL Sakha The ''Y'' ENVELOPE(-112.453,-112.453,57.591,57.591) |
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[SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology Pakendorf, Brigitte Novgorodov, Innokentij Osakovskij, Vladimir Danilova, Al’bina Protod’jakonov, Artur Stoneking, Mark Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts |
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International audience The Yakuts (also known as Sakha), Turkic-speaking cattle- and horse-breeders, inhabit a vast territory in Central and northeastern Siberia. On the basis of the archaeological, ethnographic and linguistic evidence, they are assumed to have migrated north from their original area of settlement in the vicinity of Lake Baykal in South Siberia under the pressure of the Mongol expansion during the thirteenth to fifteenth century AD: . During their initial migration and subsequent expansion, the ancestors of the Yakuts settled in the territory originally occupied by Tungusic- and Uralic-speaking reindeer-herders and hunters. In this paper we use mtDNA and Y-chromosomal analyses to elucidate whether the Yakut immigration and expansion was accompanied by admixture with the indigenous populations of their new area of settlement or whether the Yakuts displaced the original inhabitants without intermarriage. The mtDNA results show a very close affinity of the Yakuts with Central Asian and South Siberian groups, which confirms their southern origin. There is no conclusive evidence for admixture with indigenous populations, though a small amount cannot be excluded on the basis of the mtDNA data alone. The Y-chromosomal results confirm previous findings of a very strong bottleneck in the Yakuts, the age of which is in good accordance with the hypothesis that the Yakuts migrated north under Mongol pressure. Furthermore, the genetic results show that the Yakuts are a very homogenous population, notwithstanding their current spread over a very large territory. This confirms the historical accounts that they spread over their current area of settlement fairly recently. |
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Dynamique Du Langage (DDL) Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Evolutionary Genetics Evolutionary Genetics |
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Pakendorf, Brigitte Novgorodov, Innokentij Osakovskij, Vladimir Danilova, Al’bina Protod’jakonov, Artur Stoneking, Mark |
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Pakendorf, Brigitte Novgorodov, Innokentij Osakovskij, Vladimir Danilova, Al’bina Protod’jakonov, Artur Stoneking, Mark |
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Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts |
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Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts |
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Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts |
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Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts |
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Investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in Siberia: genetic variation and the origins of Yakuts |
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investigating the effects of prehistoric migrations in siberia: genetic variation and the origins of yakuts |
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Sakha Yakut Yakuts Siberia |
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Sakha Yakut Yakuts Siberia |
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ISSN: 0340-6717 EISSN: 1432-1203 Human Genetics https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-02006826 Human Genetics, 2006, 120 (3), pp.334-353 |
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