title: High incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer: similarity for 60% of mitochondrial DNA signatures between the Bidayuhs of Borneo and the Bai-yue of Southern China.
abstract: Populations in Southern China (Bai-yue) and Borneo (Bidayuh) with high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer(NPC) share similar mitochondrial DNA signatures, supporting the hypothesis that these two populations may share the same genetic predisposition for NPC, which may have first appeared in a common ancestral reference population before the sea levels rose after the last ice age.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wee
authors.forename: Tam Cam
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loong
authors.forename: Chao-Nan
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D001893:Borneo / Q000453:epidemiology; D002277:Carcinoma; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D000077274:Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial