The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols
2003
Zerjal, Tatiana | Xue, Yali | Bertorelle, Giorgio | Wells, R. Spencer, | Bao, Weidong | Zhu, Suling | Qamar, Raheel | Ayub, Qasim | Mohyuddin, Aisha | Fu, Songbin | Li, Pu | Yuldasheva, Nadira | Ruzibakiev, Ruslan | Xu, Jiujin | Shu, Qunfang | Du, Ruofu | Yang, Huanming | Hurles, Matthew, | Robinson, Elizabeth | Gerelsaikhan, Tudevdagva | Dashnyam, Bumbein | Mehdi, S. Qasim, | Tyler-Smith, Chris
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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