Peculiarity of Pomors of Onega Peninsula and Winter Coast in the genetic context of Northern Europe

The peculiarity of the Russian North gene pool has long become scientific fact, but yet to receive informative explanation. Genetic drift cannot be only contributing factor in striking genetic differences between not northern populations and southern ones, among individual as well. Studying pools previously underrepresented literature may help understand this phenomenon. work aimed perform a subtotal study Arkhangelsk Oblast Pomors (Onega Coast, Summer western fragment Winter Coast; n = 130) using panel 60 Y-chromosome SNP markers through multidimensional scaling mapping distances. frequencies 14 identified haplogroups differ drastically Pomor populations: I1, R1a, N3 each comprise quarter total pool, I2-P37.2, R1b about 8%, rest are rare. Onega Coast showed similarity wide range North-Eastern Europe Finnic-speaking populations, well with strong pre-Slavic substratum. close Scandinavian pools, similar specific Finn Swede populations. None demonstrate Novgorod which origin is traditionally associated. distances so great, they comparable general variability Eastern Slavic, Baltic, Finno-Ugric peoples region. reasons for such pronounced originality presumably include, along drift, population being underlied by different substrate, later flows an additional factor.