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Y-chromosome evidence for common ancestry of three Chinese populations with a high risk of esophageal cancer.
PloS one - 15 Jun 2010
Huang Haihua, Su Min, Li Xiaoyun, Li Hui, Tian Dongping, Gao Yuxia, Guo Yubai
Abstract excerpt
High rates of esophageal cancer (EC) are found in people of the Henan Taihang Mountain, Fujian Minnan, and Chaoshan regions of China. Historical records describe great waves of populations migrating from north-central China (the Henan and Shanxi Hans) through coastal Fujian Province to the Chaoshan plain. Although these regions are geographically distant, we hypothesized that EC high-risk populations in these...
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