Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 43 (2) 2015

Annotation:  Blade and Microblade Industries in Northern, Eastern and Central Asia 1. African Origin and Spread t The Evidence of Rock Art in Iranian Makran: Aps-e Goalm and Kouhbodan-e Jor Petroglyphs, Qasr-e Qand New Findings Relating to the Maikop-Novosvobodnaya Burial Rite Horn Figurines from an Okunev Burial on Lake Itkul, Khakassia, Southern Siberia An Anthropomorphic Horn Figurine from the Northern Foothills of the Kuznetsky Alatau, Southern Siber A Funerary Complex of the Sintashta Age at Maloyuldashevo I, Western Orenburg Region Dwellings and Utility Structures at Linevo-1 – a Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Settlement in the Sal The Reconstruction of Cultural Processes in the Forest-Steppe Ob Basin During the Early Iron Age, B Unusual New Findings at Filippovka-1 Burial Mound 1, Southern Urals Ancient Turkic Stone Statues at Tuura-Suu, Kyrgyzstan Metal Details of Mongolian Age Belt-Sets from the Angara Taiga Gods and Humans: Living Under the Same Roof A Genetic Analysis of Human Remains from Ak-Alakha-3 Burial Mound 1, Gorny Altai The Nanay Clan Samar: The Structure of Gene Pool Based on Y-Chromosome Markers   

The Nanay Clan Samar: The Structure of Gene Pool Based on Y-Chromosome Markers

Y.V. Bogunov, O.V. Maltseva, A.A. Bogunova, and E.V. Balanovskaya.

Members of the Nanai clan Samar reside in the Gorin area of the Khabarovsk Territory. Their gene pool was studied using the SNP markers of the Y-chromosome. The major haplogroup, occurring in more than 83 % of clansmen, is the northern Eurasian haplogroup N1c1-M178. Four other haplogroups are С*-М130, I*-M170, J2a1а-M47, and O2-P31. The most frequent haplogroup, N1c1-М178, indicates mostly Tungus origin of the Samar clan; other haplogroups detected by complete sequencing, such as the minor haplogroup C3*-M130, reveal ties with native populations of the Amur basin. Genetic distances and their multidimensional scaling demonstrate marked affi nities of Samar clansmen with Yakuts, Khakas, and certain groups of Buryats, suggesting a common origin. Nanai of other regions are much further from the Samar.

Keywords: Nanais, tribal structure, Samar clan, gene pool, Y-chromosome, haplogroups.