Bulgarians are between Slavs and Mediterraneans, turkic genes not found, gene study

[hajduk]

A peculiar Slavic-Mediterranean gene admixture is in the core of the Bulgarian nation, a new Bulgarian-Italian genetic study has revealed.

Gene probes of 855 Bulgarians, including individuals from the country's Islam population, have been gathered and compared with other European nations, Professor Draga Toncheva from the Sofia-based Medical University has explained in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio.

The results have failed to show any Turkic connection in the Bulgarians nation's genesis, contrary to popular beliefs.

Croatians, Poles, Ukrainians and other Slavic nations are closest to Bulgarians, according to the study. However, Bulgarians are a peculiar type of Slavs, since they also have Mediterranean genes, head of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences' Microbiology Institute Angel Galabov has pointed out.

The Bulgarians' "peculiarity" has probably been the result of their contacts with ancient Thracians, scientists reckon.

The place of origin of the Ancient Bulgarians is most likely Eastern Iran, a group of anthropologists and scientists claimed in 2010 after an exploratory trip to the Persian lands.

Long-established theories about the making up of the Bulgarian ethnicity state that the Bulgarian nation was formed through the mixing of the Bulgarians with the local population made up of Slavs and some Thracians. Before 1989 the Bulgarians were believed to have been a minor tribe of Turkic origin.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=131894

[Mordid]

Wut? Bulgarians are the least Slavic.

[Lithium]

The stupid propaganda is false when it comes to real science.

[Quasimodem]

Does anyone have a link to the study?

EDIT: Found only the abstract (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21674295)

To define the matrilineal relationships between Bulgarians and other European populations, we have evaluated the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in a sample of 855 Bulgarian subjects from the mtDNA perspective. The molecular survey was performed by sequencing ∼750 bp of the control region, which resulted in 557 different haplotypes, and by a subsequent restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis to confirm haplogroup/subhaplogroup affiliation. The classification was carried out according to the most updated criteria as reported by van Oven and Kayser (Hum Mutat 30:386-394, 2009), allowing the identification of 45 mitochondrial clades. The observed pattern of mtDNA variation indicates that the Bulgarian mitochondrial pool is geographically homogeneous across the country, and that is characterized by an overall extremely high frequency of western Eurasian lineages. In the principal component analysis, Bulgarians locate in an intermediate position between Eastern European and Mediterranean populations, which is in agreement with historical events. Thus, while the Mediterranean legacy could be attributed to the Thracians, indigenous people that firstly inhabited the Balkans, the Eastern contribution is likely due to the Proto-Bulgarians originating from the Middle East and to the Slavs migrating from northeast Europe.

[hajduk]

I think they will publish it quickly. I will give you the study

[Quasimodem]

Ha! I got access to the full paper. Does this link work for you guys: https://webvpn.mcgill.ca/http/metapr...g/fulltext.pdf

[hajduk]

not for me, can you post it

[Quasimodem]

not for me, can you post it

Okay, I thought it might not work...I guess the system is smarter than that. I've uploaded it here: http://www.box.net/shared/16h8i3vv27kn6hkpf4le

Hope it works...

[hajduk]

Thank you mate. Great work

[bluesky]

no they might not have turkic genes in them but there is some iranic genes in bulgarians obviously