Progress in the mapping of population genetic substructure provides a core source of data
for the reconstruction of the demographic history of our species and for the discovery of …

Background Sakha–an area connecting South and Northeast Siberia–is significant for
understanding the history of peopling of Northeast Eurasia and the Americas. Previous …

More than a half of the northern Asian pool of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is
fragmented into a number of subclades of haplogroups C and D, two of the most frequent …

The increasing availability of large-scale genetic datasets has made it possible to ask
detailed questions about the structure of human genetic diversity, and what that structure …

Due to its pivotal geographical location and proximity to transcontinental migratory routes,
Iran has played a key role in subsequent migrations, both prehistoric and historic, between …

It is generally accepted that the most ancient European mitochondrial haplogroup, U5, has
evolved essentially in Europe. To resolve the phylogeny of this haplogroup, we completely …

To shed more light on the processes leading to crystallization of a Slavic identity, we
investigated variability of complete mitochondrial genomes belonging to haplogroups H5 …

To resolve the phylogeny of certain mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups in eastern
Europe and estimate their evolutionary age, a total of 73 samples representing …

Siberia and Northwestern Russia are home to over 40 culturally and linguistically diverse
indigenous ethnic groups, yet genetic variation and histories of peoples from this region are …

A set of 18 Y-chromosomal microsatellite loci was analysed in 568 males from Poland,
Slovakia and three regions of Belarus. The results were compared to data available for …