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The fine-scale genetic structure and evolution of the Japanese population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Takeuchi Fumihiko, Katsuya Tomohiro, Kimura Ryosuke, Nabika Toru, Isomura Minoru, Ohkubo Takayoshi, Tabara Yasuharu, Yamamoto Ken, Yokota Mitsuhiro, Liu Xuanyao, Saw Woei-Yuh, Mamatyusupu Dolikun, Yang Wenjun, Xu Shuhua, Teo Yik-Ying, Kato Norihiro
Abstract excerpt
The contemporary Japanese populations largely consist of three genetically distinct groups-Hondo, Ryukyu and Ainu. By principal-component analysis, while the three groups can be clearly separated, the Hondo people, comprising 99% of the Japanese, form one almost indistinguishable cluster. To understand fine-scale genetic structure, we applied powerful haplotype-based statistical methods to genome-wide single...
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