Extended y chromosome investigation suggests postglacial migrations of modern humans into East Asia via the northern route

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 717-727

  Zhong, Hua ^a,b,c   Shi, Hong ^b   Qi, Xue Bin ^b   Duan, Zi Yuan ^a   Tan, Ping Ping ^a   Jin, Li ^d   Su, Bing ^b   Ma, Runlin Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asia; haplogoup R; haplogroup Q; northern route; postglacial migrations; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL PERIOD; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORTH KOREA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAR EAST; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78650451084     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq247     Document Type: Article

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