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Genetic origin of Kadai-speaking Gelong people on Hainan island viewed from Y chromosomes.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2010
Li Dongna, Sun Yuantian, Lu Yan, Mustavich Laura F, Ou Caiying, Zhou Zhenjian, Li Shilin, Jin Li, Li Hui
Abstract excerpt
The government of China defined 56 official ethnicities for the ethnic groups in China for political purposes; however, there are many more than 56 ethnic groups. Therefore, similar groups must be pooled for registry, and the so-called ethnicity identification is an important official mission in China. Here, we showed how genetics can help in the ethnicity identification for the Gelong people on Hainan Island....
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