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Title
Overview of Human Lineage Genetic Marker Studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Y chromosome story
Abstract
Abstract – Modern Bosnia and Herzegovina is a state consisting of multiple ethnicities and regions
located in the Western Balkan, with a very complex history. The earliest historical findings show that
its area was inhabited since the Paleolithic. From that time, this part of Europe, especially the region
of the Modern Bosnia and Herzegovina, could be recognized as the crossroad for the different human
migration and the meeting point for different cultures, religions and gene pools. Mitochondrial DNA
is being used for maternal lineage testing, while the Y chromosome is being used for paternal lineage
testing. Therefore, these markers are being referred to as lineage markers. Lineage markers are often
used for parental lineage monitoring in population genetics, human genetics, as well as in forensic
genetics. The main intention of this paper is to construct a short overview of the Y chromosome
studies performed in Bosnia and Herzegovina within the last two decades.
located in the Western Balkan, with a very complex history. The earliest historical findings show that
its area was inhabited since the Paleolithic. From that time, this part of Europe, especially the region
of the Modern Bosnia and Herzegovina, could be recognized as the crossroad for the different human
migration and the meeting point for different cultures, religions and gene pools. Mitochondrial DNA
is being used for maternal lineage testing, while the Y chromosome is being used for paternal lineage
testing. Therefore, these markers are being referred to as lineage markers. Lineage markers are often
used for parental lineage monitoring in population genetics, human genetics, as well as in forensic
genetics. The main intention of this paper is to construct a short overview of the Y chromosome
studies performed in Bosnia and Herzegovina within the last two decades.
Keywords
Keywords - Bosnia and Herzegovina, lineage markers, molecular markers, population genetic
studies, Y chromosome
studies, Y chromosome
Identifier
2637-2835
DOI
10.14706/JONSAE2021312