1. Whole sequence analysis indicates a recent southern origin of Mongolian Y-chromosome C2c1a1a1-M407.
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Huang YZ, Wei LH, Yan S, Wen SQ, Wang CC, Yang YJ, Wang LX, Lu Y, Zhang C, Xu SH, Yao DL, Jin L, and Li H
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- Asian People genetics, China ethnology, Genetics, Population, Haplotypes, Humans, Japan ethnology, Phylogeny, Republic of Korea ethnology, Asian People ethnology, Chromosomes, Human, Y genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA methods
- Abstract
The Y-chromosome haplogroup C2c1a1a1-M407 is a predominant paternal lineage in Mongolic-speaking populations, especially in Buryats and Kalmyks. However, the origin and internal phylogeny of C2c1a1a1-M407 have not been investigated in detail. In this study, we analyzed twenty-three Y-chromosome sequences of haplogroup C2c1a1a1-M407 and its most closely related clades. We generated a high-resolution phylogenetic tree of haplogroup C2c1a1a1-M407 and its upstream clade C2c1a1-CTS2657, including 32 subclades and 144 non-private Y-chromosome polymorphisms. We discover that all available C2c1a1a1-M407 samples from Mongolic-speaking populations belong to its newly defined downstream clade C2c1a1a1b-F8465, whereas all samples of C2c1a1-CTS2657(xF8465) come from northern Han Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. Furthermore, we observe that C2c1a1a1b-F8465 and its subclade C2c1a1a1b1-F8536 expanded at approximately 0.86 and 0.44 thousand years ago, respectively. Therefore, we conclude that C2c1a1a1-M407 in Mongolic-speaking populations has originated from northeastern Asia. C2c1a1a1b1-F8536, the newly defined subclade of C2c1a1a1-M407, probably represents the genetic relationships between ancient Oyrats, modern Kalmyks, Mongolians, and Buryats.
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- 2018
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