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The contribution of genetic diversity to subdivide populations living in the silk road of China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zhang Zhe, Wei Shuguang, Gui Hongsheng, Yuan Zuyi, Li Shengbin
Abstract excerpt
There are several indigenous ethnic populations along the silk road in the Northwest of China that display clear differences in culture and social customs, perhaps as a result of geographic isolation and different linguistic traditions. However, extensive trade and other interactions probably facilitated the admixture of different gene pools between these populations over the last two millennia. To further...
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