tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post5291587506886278081..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Ancient mtDNA from Sampula population in XinjiangDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-55451452404073439902008-06-13T17:12:00.000+03:002008-06-13T17:12:00.000+03:00Oops, never mind. It's already replied in the abst...Oops, never mind. It's already replied in the abstract (silly me!): <I>Median joining network of U3 sub-haplogroup and multi-dimensional scaling analysis all showed that the ancient Sampula had maternal relationship with Ossetian and Iranian.</I><BR/><BR/>Scythian-like then, I guess.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-41244651855985108462008-06-13T17:09:00.000+03:002008-06-13T17:09:00.000+03:00What's the overall distribution of U3? AFAIK it's ...What's the overall distribution of U3? AFAIK it's most important in the southern coasts of the Black Sea specially. Wikipedia only mentions 6% in the Caucasus but I've seen references (Torroni?, Richards?, not sure right now) that it's important in Turkey and Bulgaria too (and probably where the north/western Roma got it before migrating out of the Balcans). <BR/><BR/>Instead it seems low in Central Asia overall (Wikipedia: 1%). <BR/><BR/>I ask because it's the obvious more important single clade (4/13) among these remains, and a very specific one. Would it be U5 it would be less intriguing - but U3 is food for thought. Specially because Western clades in this population should be of Tocharian origin with great likehood. The only other Western clade is T2 (one case).Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com