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. 2009 Mar 4;17(10):1260–1273. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.6

Table 1. Populations examined in Y-SNP analyses.

Geographic region and populations N Abbreviation Linguistic affiliation References
North Caucasus
 Kabardinians 59 KAB North Caucasian, Northwest Caucasian 30
 Lezgi (Dagestan) 25 LEZ North Caucasian, East Caucasian 31
 Ossetians (Ardon) 28 OSA Indo-European, Indo-Iranian 31
 Ossetians (Digora) 31 OSD Indo-European, Indo-Iranian 31
         
South Caucasus
 Armenia 100 ARM Indo-European, Armenian 30
 Azerbaijan 72 AZE Altaic, Turkic 30
 Georgia 77 GEO Kartvelian, Georgian 30
         
Levant and Anatolia
 Iraq 139 IRQ Afro-Asiatic, Semitic 32
 Lebanon 31 LEB Afro-Asiatic, Semitic 13
 Syria 20 SYR Afro-Asiatic, Semitic 13
 Turkey 523 TUR Altaic, Turkic 33
         
Middle East
 North Iran 33 NIR Indo-European, Indo-Iranian 34
 South Iran 117 SIR Indo-European, Indo-Iranian 34
 North Pakistan 176 NPA Indo-European, Indo-Iranian 18
 South Pakistan 176 SPA Indo-European, Indo-Iranian 18
         
Central Asia
 Kazakhstan 30 KAZ Altaic, Turkic 35
 Turkmenistan 30 TUK Altaic, Turkic 12
 Uzbekistan 54 UZB Altaic, Turkic 35
         
Northeastern Europe
 Belarus 41 BEL Indo-European, Slavic 29
 Estonia 207 EST Uralic, Finnic 29
 Finland 57 FIN Uralic, Finnic 29
 Latvia 34 LAT Indo-European, Baltic 29
 Lithuania 38 LIT Indo-European, Baltic 29
 Poland 112 POL Indo-European, Slavic 29
         
Southeastern Europe
 Romania 45 ROM Indo-European, Italic 29
 Slovakia 70 SLO Indo-European, Slavic 29
 Ukraine 50 UKR Indo-European, Slavic 13
         
Russia (European)
 Arkhangelsk 28 ARK Indo-European, Slavic Present study
 Belgorod 143 BEG Indo-European, Slavic 23
 Krasnoborsk 91 KRA Indo-European, Slavic 23
 Kursk 40 KUR Indo-European, Slavic Present study
 Livni 110 LIV Indo-European, Slavic 23
 Mezen 54 MEZ Indo-European, Slavic 23
 Ostrov 75 OST Indo-European, Slavic 23
 Pinega 114 PIN Indo-European, Slavic 23
 Roslavl 107 ROS Indo-European, Slavic 23
 Tver 38 TVE Indo-European, Slavic Present study
 Unzha 52 UNZ Indo-European, Slavic 23
 Vologda 121 VOL Indo-European, Slavic 23
         
Russia (Uralic Mountains)
 Komi Izhemski 54 KOI Uralic, Finno-Ugric Present study
 Komi Priluzski 49 KOP Uralic, Finno-Ugric Present study
 Mari 48 MAR Uralic, Finno-Ugric 29
         
Russia (Siberia)
 Evenks 50 EVE Altaic, Manchu-Tungus 36
 Khakassians 53 KAK Altaic, Turkic 36
 Khanty 27 KHA Uralic, Finno-Ugric Present study
 Tuvinians 113 TUV Altaic, Turkic 36