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The place of Slovakian paternal diversity in the clinal European landscape |
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| Authors: | Jana Nová?ková Dagmar Dreslerová Estella S Poloni |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic,;2. Department of the Archaeology of Landscape and Archaeobiology, Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic,;3. Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Abstract: | Background: Several demographic events have been postulated to explain the contemporaneous structure of European genetic diversity. First, an initial settlement of the continent by anatomically modern humans; second, the re-settlement of northern latitudes after the Last Glacial Maximum; third, the demic diffusion of Neolithic farmers from the Near East; and, fourth, several historical events such as the Slavic migration. Aim: The aim of this study was to provide a more integrated picture of male-specific genetic relationships of Slovakia within the broader pan-European genetic landscape. Subjects and methods: This study analysed a new Y-chromosome data-set (156 individuals) for both SNP and STR polymorphisms in population samples from five different Slovakian localities. Results: It was found that the male diversity of Slovakia is embedded in the clinal pattern of the major R1a and R1b clades extending over the continent and a similar pattern of population structure is found with Y-specific SNP or STR variation. Conclusion: The highly significant correlation between the results based on fast evolving STRs on one hand and slow evolving SNPs on the other hand suggests a recent timeframe for the settlement of the area. |
| Keywords: | Genetic structure Slovakia Y-chromosome Y-SNP Y-STR |