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Genetic structure, divergence and admixture of Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean populations.
Hereditas - 1 Jan 2018
Wang Yuchen, Lu Dongsheng, Chung Yeun-Jun, Xu Shuhua
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BACKGROUND: Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean, the three major ethnic groups of East Asia, share many similarities in appearance, language and culture etc., but their genetic relationships, divergence times and subsequent genetic exchanges have not been well studied. RESULTS: We conducted a genome-wide study and evaluated the population structure of 182 Han Chinese, 90 Japanese and 100 Korean individuals, together...
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