[Genetic and demographic characteristics of rural populations of Altaĭ republic: dynamics of the marriage structure]

Genetika. 2005 Feb;41(2):261-8.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The dynamics of population marriage structure in the period from 1951 to 1997 has been studied in three villages of Altai Republic: Kulada (Ongudaisk raion), Beshpeltir (Chemal raion), and Kurmach-Baigol (Turochak raion). These populations have been found to differ from one another in the intensity and direction of migration, as well a its temporal pattern with respect to the birthplaces and ethnicity of persons contracting marriages. Periods of active incorporation of non-Altaian (mostly Slavic) ethnic components into the gene pools of the Beshpeltir and Kurmach-Baigol populations have been detected. The geographic distributions of the birthplaces of men and women contracting marriages are different. Therefore, migration has different effects on the genetic diversity of the Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial-DNA pools. No isonymic marriages have been found in the Altaian populations studied; however, an increase in the random component of inbreeding has been observed.

MeSH terms

  • Consanguinity
  • Demography
  • Ethnicity / genetics*
  • Family Characteristics*
  • Female
  • Genetic Markers
  • Genetics, Population*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Marriage*
  • Rural Population*
  • Siberia

Substances

  • Genetic Markers