Sex-specific migration patterns in central Asian populations, revealed by analysis of Y-chromosome short tandem repeats and mtDNA

Article Abstract:

Sex-specific migration patterns have been revealed in four central Asian populations through analysis and comparisons of mtDNA and.Y-chromosome short tandem repeats. Females seems to have a higher migration rate. A male founder effect appears to exist in the settlement of high-altitude areas. Two lowland populations and two highland populations were sampled. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) brought out a very great degree of genetic difference in the populations. For mtDNA, genetic diversity in the highlands is like that in the lowlands. Haplotype genetic diversity was much lower in high altitudes, especially in Kirghiz.

Usage, Women, Men, Chromosome mapping, Y chromosome

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Trading genes along the silk road: mtDNA sequences and the origin of Central Asian populations

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The origins of Central Asian populations are discussed as they relate to the mingling of genes along the Silk Road and to mtDNA control-region sequences found in peoples including the Kazakh, Uighurs, and both lowland and highland Kirhgiz. Peoples of Europe and eastern Asia have few mtDNA sequences in common, but central Asian peoples have sequences in common with both groups, but sequences found in the study covered here are different from sequences that Europeans and central Asians share, and altitude seems not to exert a major selective pressure in the populations studied.

Finland, Australia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Statistical Data Included, Research, China, History, Uighurs, Population genetics, Asians, Indigenous peoples, Ethnicity, Ethnology, Silk Road, Cultural anthropology, Eurasians, Kazakhs

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Prevalence of overweight and cardiovascular risk factors in rural and urban children from Central Asia: the Kazakhstan Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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Anthropometry, blood pressure, fasting blood cholesterol and glucose were measured in children in Kazakhstan to see if they carry the risk of an epidemic of obesity and cardiovascular disease. The findings showed that overweight risk and cardiovascular risk factors were presently less in children living in Kazakhstan.

Health aspects, Evaluation, Cardiovascular diseases, Risk factors, Children, Obesity, Child health

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