The Saami are regarded as extreme genetic outliers among European populations. In this
study, a high-resolution phylogenetic analysis of Saami genetic heritage was undertaken in …

The Yakuts (also known as Sakha), Turkic-speaking cattle-and horse-breeders, inhabit a
vast territory in Central and northeastern Siberia. On the basis of the archaeological …

Previous studies have examined mid‐facial cold adaptation among either widely dispersed
and genetically very diverse groups of humans isolated for tens of thousands of years, or …

In order to investigate the genetic history of autochthonous South Siberian populations and
to estimate the contribution of distinct patrilineages to their gene pools, we have analyzed 17 …

Abstract The Russian Federation is the largest and one of the most ethnically diverse
countries in the world, however no centralized reference database of genetic variation exists …

Abstract Background The Yakuts contrast strikingly with other populations from Siberia due
to their cattle-and horse-breeding economy as well as their Turkic language. On the basis of …

This study is part of an ongoing project aiming at determining the ethnogenesis of an
eastern Siberian ethnic group, the Yakuts, on the basis of archaeological excavations …

Abstract Objectives Haplogroup C2a‐M48 is the predominant paternal lineage of Tungusic‐
speaking populations, one of the largest population groups in Siberia. Up until now, the …

The mtDNA variation of 198 Aleuts, as well as North American and Asian populations drawn
from the literature, were analyzed to reconstruct the Aleuts' genetic prehistory and to …

1Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Moléculaire, Institut de Médecine Légale, 67085 Strasbourg,
France 2Department of Anthropobiology, Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, UMR 8555 …