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Ancient Yellow River ancestry and divergent admixture histories in the Qiang people.
Science advances - 16 Jan 2026
Zeng Weishun, Yang Zhaoqing, Lu Yan, Lei Chang, Gao Yang, Yang Yuhan, Wang Xu, Chu Jiayou, Xu Shuhua
Abstract excerpt
The Qiang people are widely recognized as a basal layer of the Chinese gene pool, yet their genetic origins and evolutionary history remain unclear. We analyzed 20 deep-sequenced Qiang genomes together with genomic data from Tibetan highlanders and neighboring lowlanders. The Qiang genetic structure has been profoundly shaped by historical admixture with Han and Tibetans, giving rise to distinct subpopulations....
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