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Genetic features of Khoton Mongolians revealed by SNP analysis of the X chromosome.
Gene - 12 Sept 2005
Katoh Toru, Mano Shuhei, Munkhbat Batmunkh, Tounai Kenichi, Oyungerel Ganjuur, Chae Gue-Tae, Han Hoon, Jia Guan-Jun, Tokunaga Katsushi, Munkhtuvshin Namid, Tamiya Gen, Inoko Hidetoshi
Abstract excerpt
The Khoton Mongolian population is a small and relatively isolated ethnic group residing predominantly in the northwestern part of Mongolia. A recent genetic study of the Y chromosome revealed that the major Mongolian ethnic groups have a relatively close genetic affinity to populations in the northern part of East Asia, while the Khoton population reflected an apparent genetic differentiation from the other...
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