Article
A Comprehensive Map of Genetic Variation in the World's Largest Ethnic Group-Han Chinese.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 2018
Chiang Charleston W K, Mangul Serghei, Robles Christopher, Sankararaman Sriram
Abstract excerpt
As are most non-European populations, the Han Chinese are relatively understudied in population and medical genetics studies. From low-coverage whole-genome sequencing of 11,670 Han Chinese women we present a catalog of 25,057,223 variants, including 548,401 novel variants that are seen at least 10 times in our data set. Individuals from this data set came from 24 out of 33 administrative divisions across China...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Asian People
- Biological Evolution
- Case-Control Studies
- China
- Depressive Disorder, Major
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Humans