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Insight into the peopling of Mainland Southeast Asia from Thai population genetic structure.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Wangkumhang Pongsakorn, Shaw Philip James, Chaichoompu Kridsadakorn, Ngamphiw Chumpol, Assawamakin Anunchai, Nuinoon Manit, Sripichai Orapan, Svasti Saovaros, Fucharoen Suthat, Praphanphoj Verayuth, Tongsima Sissades
Abstract excerpt
There is considerable ethno-linguistic and genetic variation among human populations in Asia, although tracing the origins of this diversity is complicated by migration events. Thailand is at the center of Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA), a region within Asia that has not been extensively studied. Genetic substructure may exist in the Thai population, since waves of migration from southern China throughout its...
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