The origin of Mosuo people as revealed by mtDNA and y chromosome variation

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Wen, Bo ^a,b   Shi, Hong ^a   Ren, Ling ^a   Xi, Huifeng ^a,b   Li, Kaiyuan ^a   Zhang, Wenyi ^a   Su, Bing ^c,d   Si, Shiheng ^e   Jin, Li ^a,b,d   Xiao, Chunjie ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Central Hospital of Ninglang County   (China)

Author keywords

Mosuo; MtDNA; Polymorphism; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044441091     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yc0207     Document Type: Article

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