title: Mitochondrial DNA analysis of human remains from the Yuansha site in Xinjiang, China.
abstract: The Yuansha site is located in the center of the Taklimakan Desert of Xinjiang, in the southern Silk Road region. MtDNA was extracted from fifteen human remains excavated from the Yuansha site, dating back 2,000-2,500 years. Analysis of the phylogenetic tree and the multidimensional scaling (MDS) reveals that the Yuansha population has relatively close relationships with the modern populations of South Central Asia and Indus Valley, as well as with the ancient population of Chawuhu.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ancient DNA, Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
authors.forename: ShiZhu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: YinQiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: YiDai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: RanHui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Idelisi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abuduresule
authors.forename: Victor H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Mair
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D002048:Burial; D002681:China; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics*; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial