The genetic structure of the Slovak population revealed by Y-chromosome polymorphisms

EVA PETREJCÍKOVÁ; MIROSLAV SOTÁK; JARMILA BERNASOVSKÁ; IVAN BERNASOVSKÝ; ADRIANA SOVICOVÁ; ALEXANDRA BÔZIKOVÁ; IVETA BORONOVÁ; DANA GABRIKOVÁ; PETRA ŠVÍCKOVÁ; SONA MACEKOVÁ; VALÉRIA CVERHOVÁ

doi:10.1537/ase.090203

EVA PETREJCÍKOVÁ, MIROSLAV SOTÁK, JARMILA BERNASOVSKÁ, IVAN BERNASOVSKÝ, ADRIANA SOVICOVÁ, ALEXANDRA BÔZIKOVÁ, IVETA BORONOVÁ, DANA GABRIKOVÁ, PETRA ŠVÍCKOVÁ, SONA MACEKOVÁ, VALÉRIA CVERHOVÁ

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EVA PETREJCÍKOVÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
MIROSLAV SOTÁK
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
JARMILA BERNASOVSKÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
IVAN BERNASOVSKÝ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
ADRIANA SOVICOVÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
ALEXANDRA BÔZIKOVÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
IVETA BORONOVÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
DANA GABRIKOVÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
PETRA ŠVÍCKOVÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
SONA MACEKOVÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov
VALÉRIA CVERHOVÁ
Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Science, University of Prešov, Prešov

Keywords: Slovak population, Slavic origin, Y-haplotype, Y-haplogroup, Φ_st value

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2010 Volume 118 Issue 1 Pages 23-30

DOI https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.090203

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Abstract

Historic and linguistic records indicate that Slovaks belong to the Slavic population. We performed a population genetic study on 250 unrelated Slovak males, who were typed for 12 Y-short tandem repeats (STRs) (DYS391, DYS389I, DYS439, DYS389II, DYS438, DYS437, DYS19, DYS392, DYS393, DYS390, DYS385a/b). The corresponding Y-haplogroups were deduced using Whit Athey’s Haplogroup Predictor. The most common haplogroup R1a is presented by 38% of individuals. The next two haplogroups (I2a and R1b) are presented at frequencies higher than 10%, 9 haplogroups range from 1 to 10% and 3 haplogroups are presented at frequencies lower than 1%. The obtained results show that a significant majority of the Slovak paternal gene pool belongs to Eastern European Y-lineages and indicate the Slavic origin. Pairwise analysis confirmed that our population is more similar to the surrounding populations, and less similar to those of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

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