Editing Golden Horde (section)

== Genetics ==
A 2018 genetic study published in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' examined the remains of two males buried in the [[Ulytau District]] in Kazakhstan {{Circa|1300}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Damgaard |first1=Peter de Barros |last2=Marchi |first2=Nina |last3=Rasmussen |first3=Simon |last4=Peyrot |first4=Michaël |title=137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes |journal=Nature |date=May 2018 |volume=557 |issue=7705 |pages=369–374 |doi=10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2 |pmid=29743675 |bibcode=2018Natur.557..369D |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0094-2 |language=en |issn=1476-4687|hdl=1887/3202709 |s2cid=256769352 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>{{sfn|Damgaard et al.|2018|loc=Supplementary Table 2, Rows 23-24}} One male, who was a Buddhist member of the Golden Horde army, was of East Asian ancestry and carried paternal [[Haplogroup C-M217|haplogroup C3]]{{sfn|Damgaard et al.|2018|loc=Supplementary Table 9, Row 16}} and the maternal haplogroup [[Haplogroup D (mtDNA)#D4|D4m2]].{{sfn|Damgaard et al.|2018|loc=Supplementary Table 8, Row 81}} The other male, who was of West Eurasian (European) ancestry, was a carrier of the paternal [[haplogroup R1]]{{sfn|Damgaard et al.|2018|loc=Supplementary Table 9, Row 17}} and the maternal haplogroup [[Haplogroup I (mtDNA)#I1b|I1b]].{{sfn|Damgaard et al.|2018|loc=Supplementary Table 8, Row 82}} According to the authors, this could suggest assimilation of distinct ethnic groups in to the Golden Horde, however he could also be servant or slave.<ref>{{harvnb|Damgaard et al.|2018|p=372|ps=: "We also find the presence of an individual of West Eurasian descent buried together with members of Jochi Khan’s Golden Horde army from the Ulytau mountains (see Supplementary Information section 4: DA28 is East Asian and DA29 is European). This could suggest assimilation of distinct groups into the Medieval Golden Horde, but this individual may also represent a slave or a servant of West Eurasian descent attached to the service of the Golden Horde members."}}</ref>