[Distribution of the male lineages of Genghis Khan's descendants in northern Eurasian populations]

Genetika. 2007 Mar;43(3):422-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Data on the variation of 12 microsatellite loci of Y-chromosome haplogroup C3 were used to screen lineages included in the cluster of Genghis Khan's descendants in 18 northern Eurasian populations (Altaian Kazakhs, Altaians-Kizhi, Teleuts, Khakassians, Shorians, Tyvans, Todjins, Tofalars, Sojots, Buryats, Khamnigans, Evenks, Mongols, Kalmyks, Tajiks, Kurds, Persians, and Russians; the total sample size was 1437 people). The highest frequency of haplotypes from the cluster of the Genghis Khan's descendants was found in Mongols (34.8%). In Russia, this cluster was found in Altaian Kazakhs (8.3%), Altaians (3.4%), Buryats (2.3%), Tyvans (1.9%), and Kalmyks (1.7%).

MeSH terms

  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Y / genetics*
  • Ethnicity / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Mongolia / ethnology
  • Siberia / ethnology