The Y-chromosome C3* star-cluster attributed to Genghis Khan's descendants is present at high frequency in the Kerey clan from Kazakhstan

Human Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-89

  Abilev, Serikbai ^a   Malyarchuk, Boris ^b   Derenko, Miroslava ^b   Wozniak, Marcin ^c   Grzybowski, Tomasz ^c   Zakharov, Ilya ^a,d  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Haplogroup C; Kazakhstan; Kerey clan; Y Chromosome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859524671     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2012.0003     Document Type: Article

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