| Literature DB >> 18769869 |
Baoweng Cheng1,2, Wenru Tang2, Li He2, Yongli Dong2, Jing Lu2, Yunping Lei2, Haijing Yu2, Jiali Zhang2, Chunjie Xiao3.
Abstract
Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from 201 unrelated Mongolian individuals in the three different regions was analyzed. The Mongolians took the dominant East Asian-specific haplogroups, and some European-prevalent haplogroups were detected. The East Asians-specific haplogroups distributed from east to west in decreasing frequencies, and the European-specific haplogroups distributed conversely. These genetic data suggest that the Mongolian empire played an important role in the maternal genetic admixture across Mongolians and even Central Asian populations, whereas the Silk Road might have contributed little in the admixture between the East Asians and the Europeans.Mesh：
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18769869 DOI： 10.1007/s10038-008-0325-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hum Genet ISSN： 1434-5161 Impact factor: 3.172