Group of Genogeography

Oleg P. Balanovsky, PhD (Head)

Selected Publications:

Y-chromosome O3 haplogroup diversity in Sino-Tibetan populations reveals two migration routes into the eastern Himalayas.

Kang L, Lu Y, Wang C, Hu K, Chen F, Liu K, Li S, Jin L, Li H; Genographic Consortium.

Ann Hum Genet. 2012 Jan;76(1):92-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00690.x. Epub 2011 Nov 23.

PMID: 22111786

mtDNA lineages reveal coronary artery disease-associated structures in the Lebanese population.

Haber M, Youhanna SC, Balanovsky O, Saade S, Martínez-Cruz B, Ghassibe-Sabbagh M, Shasha N, Osman R, el Bayeh H, Koshel S, Zaporozhchenko V, Balanovska E, Soria-Hernanz DF, Platt DE, Zalloua PA.

Ann Hum Genet. 2012 Jan;76(1):1-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00682.x. Epub 2011 Oct 20.

PMID: 22017296

Recombination networks as genetic markers in a human variation study of the Old World.

Javed A, Melé M, Pybus M, Zalloua P, Haber M, Comas D, Netea MG, Balanovsky O, Balanovska E, Jin L, Yang Y, Arunkumar G, Pitchappan R, Bertranpetit J, Calafell F, Parida L; The Genographic Consortium.

Hum Genet. 2012 Apr;131(4):601-613. Epub 2011 Oct 18.

PMID:22006219

Genetic ancestry and indigenous heritage in a Native American descendant community in Bermuda.

Gaieski JB, Owings AC, Vilar MG, Dulik MC, Gaieski DF, Gittelman RM, Lindo J, Gau L, Schurr TG; Genographic Consortium.

Am J Phys Anthropol. 2011 Nov;146(3):392-405. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21588. Epub 2011 Aug 24.

PMID:21994016

Human migration through bottlenecks from Southeast Asia into East Asia during Last Glacial Maximum revealed by Y chromosomes.

Cai X, Qin Z, Wen B, Xu S, Wang Y, Lu Y, Wei L, Wang C, Li S, Huang X, Jin L, Li H; Genographic Consortium.

PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e24282. Epub 2011 Aug 31.

PMID:21904623

Recombination gives a new insight in the effective population size and the history of the old world human populations.

Melé M, Javed A, Pybus M, Zalloua P, Haber M, Comas D, Netea MG, Balanovsky O, Balanovska E, Jin L, Yang Y, Pitchappan RM, Arunkumar G, Parida L, Calafell F, Bertranpetit J; Genographic Consortium.

Mol Biol Evol. 2012 Jan;29(1):25-30. Epub 2011 Sep 1.

PMID: 21890475

Parallel evolution of genes and languages in the Caucasus region.

Balanovsky O, Dibirova K, Dybo A, Mudrak O, Frolova S, Pocheshkhova E, Haber M, Platt D, Schurr T, Haak W, Kuznetsova M, Radzhabov M, Balaganskaya O, Romanov A, Zakharova T, Soria Hernanz DF, Zalloua P, Koshel S, Ruhlen M, Renfrew C, Wells RS, Tyler-Smith C, Balanovska E; Genographic Consortium.

Mol Biol Evol. 2011 Oct;28(10):2905-20. Epub 2011 May 13.

PMID: 21571925

An updated tree of Y-chromosome Haplogroup O and revised phylogenetic positions of mutations P164 and PK4.

Yan S, Wang CC, Li H, Li SL, Jin L; Genographic Consortium.

Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 Sep;19(9):1013-5. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.64. Epub 2011 Apr 20. Erratum in: Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 Sep;19(9):1018. [Multiple collaborator names added].

PMID: 21505448

Positive selection on mitochondrial M7 lineages among the Gelong people in Hainan.

Yang K, Zheng H, Qin Z, Lu Y, Farina SE, Li S, Jin L, Li D, Li H; Genographic Consortium.

J Hum Genet. 2011 Mar;56(3):253-6. Epub 2010 Dec 23.

PMID: 21179103

A new method to reconstruct recombination events at a genomic scale.

Melé M, Javed A, Pybus M, Calafell F, Parida L, Bertranpetit J; Genographic Consortium Members.

PLoS Comput Biol. 2010 Nov 24;6(11):e1001010.

PMID: 21124860

Influences of history, geography, and religion on genetic structure: the Maronites in Lebanon.

Haber M, Platt DE, Badro DA, Xue Y, El-Sibai M, Bonab MA, Youhanna SC, Saade S, Soria-Hernanz DF, Royyuru A, Wells RS, Tyler-Smith C, Zalloua PA; Genographic Consortium.

Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 Mar;19(3):334-40. Epub 2010 Dec 1.

PMID:21119711

Ancient DNA from European early neolithic farmers reveals their near eastern affinities.

Haak W, Balanovsky O, Sanchez JJ, Koshel S, Zaporozhchenko V, Adler CJ, Der Sarkissian CS, Brandt G, Schwarz C, Nicklisch N, Dresely V, Fritsch B, Balanovska E, Villems R, Meller H, Alt KW, Cooper A; Members of the Genographic Consortium.

PLoS Biol. 2010 Nov 9;8(11):e1000536.

PMID:21085689

A major Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b Holocene era founder effect in Central and Western Europe.

Myres NM, Rootsi S, Lin AA, Järve M, King RJ, Kutuev I, Cabrera VM, Khusnutdinova EK, Pshenichnov A, Yunusbayev B, Balanovsky O, Balanovska E, Rudan P, Baldovic M, Herrera RJ, Chiaroni J, Di Cristofaro J, Villems R, Kivisild T, Underhill PA.

Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 Jan;19(1):95-101. Epub 2010 Aug 25.

PMID: 20736979