Genetic structure, divergence and admixture of Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean populations

Abstract Background Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean, the three major ethnic groups of East Asia, share many similarities in appearance, language and culture etc., but their genetic relationships, divergence times and subsequent genetic exchanges have not been well studied. Results We conducted a ge...

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Main Authors: Yuchen Wang, Dongsheng Lu, Yeun-Jun Chung, Shuhua Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Hereditas
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41065-018-0057-5