The genetic history of Southern East Asians is not well-known, especially prior to the
Neolithic period. To address this, we successfully sequenced two complete mitochondrial …

Abstract Southern East Asia, including Guangxi and Fujian provinces in China, is home to
diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultures. Previous studies suggest a high complexity …

Abstract To construct an East Asia mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) phylogeny, we sequenced
the complete mitochondrial genomes of 672 Japanese individuals (http://www. giib. or …

Archaeological and ancient DNA studies revealed that Shandong, a multi-culture center in
northern coastal China, was home to ancient populations having ancestry related to both …

Hunan locates in the south-central part of China, to the south of the middle reaches of the
Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting. According to the historical records, the peopling …

To elucidate the human colonization process of northern Asia and human dispersals to the
Americas, a diverse subset of 71 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages was chosen for …

Abstract Background The Tarim Basin in western China, known for its amazingly well-
preserved mummies, has been for thousands of years an important crossroad between the …

We extracted DNA from the human remains excavated from the Yixi site (∼ 2,000 years
before the present) in the Shandong peninsula of China and, through PCR amplification …

The decipherment of the meager information provided by short fragments of ancient
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is notoriously difficult but is regarded as a most promising way …

Substantial progress on how modern humans settled and adapted to the Tibetan Plateau
has been achieved in the past few years. In particular, genetic evidence suggests that …