Population structure and history in East Asia.

Ding, Y C; Wooding, S; Harpending, H C; Chi, H C; Li, H P; Fu, Y X; Pang, J F; Yao, Y G et al. · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2000

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Abstract

Archaeological, anatomical, linguistic, and genetic data have suggested that there is an old and significant boundary between the populations of north and south China. We use three human genetic marker systems and one human-carried virus to examine the north/south distinction. We find no support for a major north/south division in these markers; rather, the marker patterns suggest simple isolation by distance.

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