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Detecting Genetic Ancestry and Adaptation in the Taiwanese Han People.
Molecular biology and evolution - 27 Sept 2021
Lo Yun-Hua, Cheng Hsueh-Chien, Hsiung Chia-Ni, Yang Show-Ling, Wang Han-Yu, Peng Chia-Wei, Chen Chun-Yu, Lin Kung-Ping, Kang Mei-Ling, Chen Chien-Hsiun, Chu Hou-Wei, Lin Chiao-Feng, Lee Mei-Hsuan, Liu Quintin, Satta Yoko, Lin Cheng-Jui, Lin Marie, Chaw Shu-Miaw, Loo Jun-Hun, Shen Chen-Yang, Ko Wen-Ya
Abstract excerpt
The Taiwanese people are composed of diverse indigenous populations and the Taiwanese Han. About 95% of the Taiwanese identify themselves as Taiwanese Han, but this may not be a homogeneous population because they migrated to the island from various regions of continental East Asia over a period of 400 years. Little is known about the underlying patterns of genetic ancestry, population admixture, and evolutionary...
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