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A genome-based study of the Muslim Hui community and the Han population of Liaoning Province, PR China.
Human biology - 1 Dec 2001
Black M L, Wang W, Bittles A H
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the proposed historical origins of the Hui, a Chinese Muslim minority resident in Liaoning Province, PR China, DNA samples obtained from 53 individuals were analyzed at ten autosomal and six Y-chromosome microsatellite loci. As reference sources, equivalent samples were investigated from the coresident Han majority population. Both the Hui and the Han exhibited appreciable genetic heterogeneity in...
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