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Whole genome sequencing of an ethnic Pathan (Pakhtun) from the north-west of Pakistan.
BMC genomics - 12 Mar 2015
Ilyas Muhammad, Kim Jong-Soo, Cooper Jesse, Shin Young-Ah, Kim Hak-Min, Cho Yun Sung, Hwang Seungwoo, Kim Hyunho, Moon Jaewoo, Chung Oksung, Jun JeHoon, Rastogi Achal, Song Sanghoon, Ko Junsu, Manica Andrea, Rahman Ziaur, Husnain Tayyab, Bhak Jong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pakistan covers a key geographic area in human history, being both part of the Indus River region that acted as one of the cradles of civilization and as a link between Western Eurasia and Eastern Asia. This region is inhabited by a number of distinct ethnic groups, the largest being the Punjabi, Pathan (Pakhtuns), Sindhi, and Baloch. RESULTS: We analyzed the first ethnic male Pathan genome by...
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