Participation of Indo-European in ethnogeny of the mongoloid siberians (abstract)

[Euclides]

Am J Hum Genet. 1990 Aug;47(2):294-301.


Participation of Indo-European tribes in ethnogeny of the mongoloid population of Siberia: analysis of the HLA antigen distribution in mongoloids of Siberia.

Fefelova VV.

Institute of Northern Medical Problems, Siberian Department, Academy of Medical Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Three hundred forty-three Yakuts (mongoloids of central Asian type living in Siberia) were tested for HLA-A, -B, and -C loci. The HLA antigen distribution corresponds on the whole to a mongoloid population with high frequency of the HLA-A9, -B15, and -B40 antigens (phenotype frequencies .533, .367, and .405, respectively). At the same time a strikingly high frequency for the "Indo-European" HLA-A1 antigen (phenotype frequency .282) was detected, which in Yakuts is found exclusively with HLA-B17 (haplotype frequency x 1,000 = 87.0; linkage disequilibrium value x 1,000 = 63.8). The present paper deals with a new hypothesis of the Yakut ethnogenesis according to which ancient Aryan tribes formed the substratum which was later assimilated by the mongoloid and Turkic populations. Another hypothesis that I have advanced argues that from analysis of the HLA system the ancient Aryans formed, a local group within the Indo-European entity, with high frequency for HLA-A1 and -B17 antigens and for the HLA-A1,B17 haplotype and with a complete absence of or very low frequency for the HLA-B8 antigen and for the HLA-A1,B8 haplotype. Significant linkage disequilibrium, as it is found in Indians and Yakuts, etc., could have resulted from mixing of the Aryans with non-Indo-European tribes. No significant linkage disequilibrium between A1 and B8 characteristic of the European caucasoids was produced in the mixing.

[Agrippa]

The present paper deals with a new hypothesis of the Yakut ethnogenesis according to which ancient Aryan tribes formed the substratum which was later assimilated by the mongoloid and Turkic populations.

Thats certainly true, especially for Central Asia, just think about Europid-Mongolid mixtures, "Aralids", called by some "Turanid".

Another hypothesis that I have advanced argues that from analysis of the HLA system the ancient Aryans formed, a local group within the Indo-European entity

It was always my opinion that the Indoiranian or Aryan group was isolated from the rest of IE quite early - more specialized on pastoral economy and an economy dominated by cattles, horses and warrior culture. (Best examples are the Kimmerians, Skythians, Sarmatians, early Persians, Parthians, "Indoaryans" etc...)

But a newer study on that subject and of course the full article would be nice.