Molecular genetic analysis of remains of a 2,000-year-old human population in China-and its relevance for the origin of the modern Japanese population.

doi:10.1086/302197

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Molecular genetic analysis of remains of a 2,000-year-old human population in China-and its relevance for the origin of the modern Japanese population.

American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1999

Oota H, Saitou N, Matsushita T, Ueda S

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We extracted DNA from the human remains excavated from the Yixi site ( approximately 2,000 years before the present) in the Shandong peninsula of China and, through PCR amplification, determined nucleotide sequences of their mitochondrial D-loop regions. Nucleotide diversity of the ancient Yixi p...

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Asian People
Base Sequence
China
DNA, Mitochondrial
Databases, Factual
Fossils
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
History, Ancient
Humans
Japan
Molecular Biology
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny

Molecular genetic analysis of remains of a 2,000-year-old human population in China-and its relevance for the origin of the modern Japanese population.

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