title: Population structure and history in East Asia.
abstract: Archaeological, anatomical, linguistic, and genetic data have suggested that there is an old and significant boundary between the populations of north and south China. We use three human genetic marker systems and one human-carried virus to examine the north/south distinction. We find no support for a major north/south division in these markers; rather, the marker patterns suggest simple isolation by distance.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wooding
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Harpending
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moyzis
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D007577:JC Virus / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D011157:Population Dynamics; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D014998:Y Chromosome
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005819:Genetic Markers