GENETIC-RELATIONSHIP OF POPULATIONS IN CHINA

Citation
Jy. Chu et al., GENETIC-RELATIONSHIP OF POPULATIONS IN CHINA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 95(20), 1998, pp. 11763-11768
Citations number
40
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
ISSN journal
0027-8424
Volume
95
Issue
20
Year of publication
1998
Pages
11763 - 11768
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(1998)95:20<11763:GOPIC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Despite the fact that the continuity of morphology of fossil specimens of modern humans found in China has repeatedly challenged the Out-of- Africa hypothesis, Chinese populations are underrepresented in genetic studies. Genetic profiles of 28 populations sampled in China supporte d the distinction between southern and northern populations, while the latter are biphyletic. Linguistic boundaries are often transgressed a cross language families studied, reflecting substantial gene flow betw een populations, Nevertheless, genetic evidence does not support an in dependent origin of Homo sapiens in China. The phylogeny also suggeste d that it is more likely that ancestors of the populations currently r esiding in East Asia entered from Southeast Asia.