Combining Genetics and Population History in the Study of Ethnic Diversity in the People's Republic of China

@inproceedings{Black2006CombiningGA,
  title={Combining Genetics and Population History in the Study of Ethnic Diversity in the People's Republic of China},
  author={Michael L. Black and Cheryl A Wise and W Wang and Alan H. Bittles},
  booktitle={Human biology},
  year={2006}
}
ABSTRACT Genomic data have increasingly been used to complement linguistic, archeological, and anthropological evidence in reconstructing the origins and migratory patterns of modern humans. East Asia is a particular hotspot of human migration, especially mainland China, where a large number of human fossils have been unearthed and more than 20% of the world's population now resides. There are 56 officially recognized ethnic populations (minzu) in China. In the present study we investigated the… 
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