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The Origin and Composition of Korean Ethnicity Analyzed by Ancient and Present-Day Genome Sequences.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 May 2020
Kim Jungeun, Jeon Sungwon, Choi Jae-Pil, Blazyte Asta, Jeon Yeonsu, Kim Jong-Il, Ohashi Jun, Tokunaga Katsushi, Sugano Sumio, Fucharoen Suthat, Al-Mulla Fahd, Bhak Jong
Abstract excerpt
Koreans are thought to be an ethnic group of admixed northern and southern subgroups. However, the exact genetic origins of these two remain unclear. In addition, the past admixture is presumed to have taken place on the Korean peninsula, but there is no genomic scale analysis exploring the origin, composition, admixture, or the past migration of Koreans. Here, 88 Korean genomes compared with 91 other present-day...
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