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Haplotype-sharing analysis showing Uyghurs are unlikely genetic donors.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2009
Xu Shuhua, Jin Wenfei, Jin Li
Abstract excerpt
The Uyghur (UIG) are a group of people primarily residing in Xinjiang of China, which is geographically located in Central Asia, from where modern humans were presumably spread in all directions reaching Europe, east, and northeast Asia about 40 kya. A recent study suggested that the UIG are ancestry donors of the East Asian (EAS) gene pool. However, an alternative hypothesis, that is, the UIG is an admixture...
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