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SUBMITTER: Chen K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4072674 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Kaixu K Ablimit Abdurahman A Ling Fengjun F Wu Weiwei W Shan Wenjuan W Qin Wenbei W Keweier Tuerhong T Zuo Hongli H Zhang Fuchun F Ma Zhenghai Z Zheng Xiufen X
PloS one 20140626 6
The Keriyan people live in an isolated village in the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang, Western China. The origin and migration of the Keriyans remains unclear. We studied paternal and maternal genetic variance through typing Y-STR loci and sequencing the complete control region of the mtDNA and compared them with other adjacent populations. Data show that the Keriyan have relatively low genetic diversity on both the paternal and maternal lineages and possess both European and Asian specific haplog ...[more]