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Article Dans Une Revue American Journal of Human Genetics Année : 2003

The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols

Tatiana Zerjal
Jiujin Xu
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We have identified a Y-chromosomal lineage with several unusual features. It was found in 16 populations throughout a large region of Asia, stretching from the Pacific to the Caspian Sea, and was present at high frequency: ∼8% of the men in this region carry it, and it thus makes up ∼0.5% of the world total. The pattern of variation within the lineage suggested that it originated in Mongolia ∼1,000 years ago. Such a rapid spread cannot have occurred by chance; it must have been a result of selection. The lineage is carried by likely male-line descendants of Genghis Khan, and we therefore propose that it has spread by a novel form of social selection resulting from their behavior.
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hal-03378421 , version 1 (21-10-2021)

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Tatiana Zerjal, Yali Xue, Giorgio Bertorelle, R. Spencer Spencer Wells, Weidong Bao, et al.. The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols. American Journal of Human Genetics, 2003, 72 (3), pp.717-721. ⟨10.1086/367774⟩. ⟨hal-03378421⟩
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