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Recent spread of a Y-chromosomal lineage in northern China and Mongolia.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2005
Xue Yali, Zerjal Tatiana, Bao Weidong, Zhu Suling, Lim Si-Keun, Shu Qunfang, Xu Jiujin, Du Ruofu, Fu Songbin, Li Pu, Yang Huanming, Tyler-Smith Chris
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a Y-chromosomal lineage that is unusually frequent in northeastern China and Mongolia, in which a haplotype cluster defined by 15 Y short tandem repeats was carried by approximately 3.3% of the males sampled from East Asia. The most recent common ancestor of this lineage lived 590 +/- 340 years ago (mean +/- SD), and it was detected in Mongolians and six Chinese minority populations. We suggest...
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