Vietnam exhibits great cultural and linguistic diversity, yet the genetic history of Vietnamese
populations remains poorly understood. Previous studies focused mostly on the majority …

Abstract The Hmong-Mien (HM) and Sino-Tibetan (ST) speaking groups are known as hill
tribes in Thailand; they were the subject of the first studies to show an impact of patrilocality …

A general south-north genetic divergence has been observed among Han Chinese in
previous studies. However, these studies, especially those on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) …

Several literatures have shown the influence of geographic and linguistic factors in shaping
genetic variation patterns, but their relative impact, if any, in the very heterogeneous …

Vietnam features extensive ethnolinguistic diversity and occupies a key position in Mainland
Southeast Asia. Yet, the genetic diversity of Vietnam remains relatively unexplored …

Abstract Background Ethnic minorities in Northern Thailand, often referred to as Hill Tribes,
are considered an ideal model to study the different genetic impact of sex-specific migration …

Hmong-Mien (HM) is a major language family in East Asia, and its speakers distribute
primarily in southern China and Southeast Asia. To date, genetic studies on HM speaking …

The Philippines is a strategic point in the Asia-Pacific region for the study of human diversity,
history and origins, as it is a cross-road for human migrations and consequently exhibits …

Abstract Background The Mon-Khmer speaking peoples inhabited northern Thailand before
the arrival of the Tai speaking people from southern China in the thirteenth century AD …

Vietnam is an important crossroads within Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) and a gateway
to Island Southeast Asia, and as such exhibits high levels of ethnolinguistic diversity …