title: Mitochondrial DNA evidence of southward migration of Manchus in China.
abstract: The Northeast area of China is a cross region between East Asia and Siberia. Although five populations from this area have been studied in maternal lineage, little is known about the genetics of other populations. In this study, forty-seven Manchu individuals were analyzed using a mitochondrial DNA marker, and fourteen mitochondrial DNA haplogroups, the representative haplogroups of east Eurasian, were identified. All analyses showed that Manchu were close to the neighboring populations such as Mongolian, Korean and northern Han Chinese, and were far from the other populations who lived in the cradle of Manchu, suggesting that the Manchu integrated gradually with natives following its southward migration.
authors.affiliation: Life Science College, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wen-Yi
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Di
authors.forename: Chang-Chun
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D058974:Phylogeography; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012800:Siberia
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins