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Genetic structure of the Udmurt population

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Integrated study of the genetic structure of the Udmurt population with respect to different genetic systems has been performed. Data on the genes of genetic diseases, abiotic parameters analyzed by population statistic methods, and DNA polymorphism are summarized. The populations of six raions (districts) of Udmurt Republic (the Mozhga, Malaya Purga, Sharkan, Debesy, Igra, and Glazov raions) have been studied. The total population studied was 267 655 people (an urban population of 150 119 people and a rural population of 117 536 people), including 155 346 Udmurts. The population structure has been studied in six districts on the basis of the vital statistics, Crow’s indices, Malecot’s isolation by distance parameters, ethnically assortative marriage parameters, endogamy indices, inbreeding-endogamy (ie) indices, and frequencies of the genotype and allele frequencies of four DNA markers (17 alleles). The prevalences of hereditary diseases have been calculated for different population groups: urban and rural populations, Udmurts and other ethnic groups. These groups, especially the urban and rural populations, substantially differed from one another in the prevalences of autosomal dominant (AD) and autosomal recessive (AR) diseases. The correlation between the prevalence of AD and AR diseases and the ie index is positive and significant. The spectrum of hereditary diseases detected in six districts of Udmurtia comprises 149 diseases (80, 57, and 12 AD, AR, and X-linked diseases, respectively). Accumulation of individual diseases in districts of Udmurtia and accumulation of diseases in Udmurtia as compared to regions studied earlier has been found. Cluster analysis of the frequencies of genes of AD and AR diseases and DNA markers has determined the gene geographic position of Udmurts.

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  1. Medical Genetic Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, 115478, Russia

    R. A. Zinchenko, G. I. Elchinova, N. V. Petrova, P. Yu. Malyshev, A. V. Polyakov & E. K. Ginter

  2. Medical Genetic Counseling Service, Children’s Republican Clinic, Izhevsk, 426007, Udmurtia, Russia

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Original Russian Text © R.A. Zinchenko, G.I. Elchinova, N.V. Petrova, E.V. Osipova, P.Yu. Malyshev, A.V. Polyakov, E.K. Ginter, 2007, published in Genetika, 2007, vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 1107–1119.

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Zinchenko, R.A., Elchinova, G.I., Petrova, N.V. et al. Genetic structure of the Udmurt population. Russ J Genet 43, 918–928 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795407080145

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