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Genetic structure of Tibetan populations in Gansu revealed by forensic STR loci.
Scientific reports - 23 Jan 2017
Yao Hong-Bing, Wang Chuan-Chao, Wang Jiang, Tao Xiaolan, Shang Lei, Wen Shao-Qing, Du Qiajun, Deng Qiongying, Xu Bingying, Huang Ying, Wang Hong-Dan, Li Shujin, Bin Cong, Ma Liying, Jin Li, Krause Johannes, Li Hui
Abstract excerpt
The origin and diversification of Sino-Tibetan speaking populations have been long-standing hot debates. However, the limited genetic information of Tibetan populations keeps this topic far from clear. In the present study, we genotyped 15 forensic autosomal short tandem repeats (STRs) from 803 unrelated Tibetan individuals from Gansu Province (635 from Gannan and 168 from Tianzhu) in northwest China. We combined...
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