Volga Tatars, along with Maris, Finns, and Karelians, all cluster genetically with northern and eastern Russians, and are  distinct from southern and western Russians. The scientists also found differences in relationships among some of the northern and eastern Russians.Boris Abramovich Malyarchuk, Miroslava V. Derenko, Tomasz Grzybowski, A. Lunkina, Jakub Czarny, S. Rychkov, I. Morozova, Galina A. Denisova, and Danuta Miścicka-Śliwka, , Differentiation of mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosomes in Russian populations, Human Biology 76:6, pages 877–900, December 2004 According to a genetic admixture study, Volga Tatars reveal roughly 90 \% Caucasian and 10 \% Mongoloid.Sardaana A. Fedorova, M. A. Bermisheva, Richard Villems, N. R. Maksimova, and Elza K. Khusnutdinova., , Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in Yakuts, Pages 544–553, Table 2, January 27 2003
Volga Tatars, along with Maris, Udmurts, and Chuvash are distant from northern and eastern Russians, and are event more distinct from southern and western Russians. The scientists also found differences in relationships among some of the northern and eastern Russians.Boris Abramovich Malyarchuk, Miroslava V. Derenko, Tomasz Grzybowski, A. Lunkina, Jakub Czarny, S. Rychkov, I. Morozova, Galina A. Denisova, and Danuta Miścicka-Śliwka, , Differentiation of mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosomes in Russian populations, Human Biology 76:6, pages 877–900, December 2004 According to a genetic admixture study, Volga Tatars reveal roughly 73 \% Caucasian and 27 \% Mongoloid.Sardaana A. Fedorova, M. A. Bermisheva, Richard Villems, N. R. Maksimova, and Elza K. Khusnutdinova., , Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in Yakuts, Pages 544–553, Table 2, January 27 2003
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Finns, and Karelians, all cluster genetically with
Udmurts, and Chuvash are distant from
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event more
R
90
73
R
10
27