Editing East Slavs (section)

==Genetics==
{{Further|Slavs#Genetics}}
According to [[Y chromosome]], [[Mitochondrial DNA|mDNA]] and [[autosome|autosomal]] marker CCR5de132, East Slavs and West Slavs are genetically very similar, which is consistent with the proximity of their languages, demonstrating significant differences from the neighboring Finno-Ugric, Turkic and North Caucasian peoples all the way from west to east; such genetic homogeneity is somewhat unusual for genetics given such a wide dispersal of Slavic populations, especially Russians.{{sfn|Verbenko|2005|pp=10–18}}{{sfn|Balanovsky|2012|p=13}} Together they form the basis of the "''East European''" [[gene cluster]], which also includes [[Balts]], some Balkan peoples.{{sfn|Verbenko|2005|pp=10–18}}{{sfn|Balanovsky|2012|p=23}} Genetic research has shown that the genomes of East Slavs are homogenous and contrary to popular belief, unaffected by [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] or [[Mongols|Mongol]] influences.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Balanovsky |first=Oleg |last2=Rootsi |first2=Siiri |last3=Pshenichnov |first3=Andrey |last4=Kivisild |first4=Toomas |last5=Churnosov |first5=Michail |last6=Evseeva |first6=Irina |last7=Pocheshkhova |first7=Elvira |last8=Boldyreva |first8=Margarita |last9=Yankovsky |first9=Nikolay |last10=Balanovska |first10=Elena |last11=Villems |first11=Richard |date=2008 |title=Two sources of the Russian patrilineal heritage in their Eurasian context |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18179905 |journal=American Journal of Human Genetics |volume=82 |issue=1 |pages=236–250 |doi=10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.09.019 |issn=1537-6605 |pmc=2253976 |pmid=18179905}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Шейкин |first=Нестор |date=2008-01-18 |title=Поскреби русского — найдёшь поляка |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/science/2008/01/14_a_2552231.shtml |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=Газета.Ru}}</ref>

Only the [[Northern Russian dialects|Northern Russians]] among the East and West Slavs belong to a different, "''Northern European''" genetic cluster, along with the [[Balts]], [[Germanic-speaking Europe|Germanic]] and [[Baltic Finnic peoples]] (Northern Russian populations are very similar to the Balts).{{sfn|Balanovsky|Rootsi|2008|pp=236–250}}{{sfn|Balanovsky|2012|p=26}}