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Genetic Structure and Genetic History of the Sakha (Yakuts) Population

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This review summarizes molecular genetic studies on the genetic structure and genetic history of the Sakha (Yakuts) population in the context of anthropological, linguistic, historical, and archaeological data. The features of the genetic structure of the Yakut population by Y-chromosome lineages, mitochondrial DNA, and genome-wide SNP-data are described. The composition and ratio of the components of the genome and the genetic relationships of the Sakha with populations of Yakutia and neighboring regions are considered. The reconstruction of the genetic history of the population made it possible to answer a number of questions concerning the ethnogenesis of the Yakuts.

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This work was carried out within the framework of the project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (FSRG-2020-0016) “Genome-wide studies of the gene pool of the indigenous population of the Arctic coast of Yakutia,” the project of the YSC CMP “Study of the genetic structure and load of hereditary pathology in the populations of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia),” and with the support of a RFBR grant (no. 20-015-00328_A).

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  3. Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054, Ufa, Russia

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Fedorova, S.A., Khusnutdinova, E.K. Genetic Structure and Genetic History of the Sakha (Yakuts) Population. Russ J Genet 58, 1409–1426 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795422120031

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