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Figure 1: Main features of the tree models constructed by Chu et al1.
Figure 2: Map of China showing locations of the sampled populations, and geographical display of a phylogenetic tree based on Han surnames (from ref. 9).

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Piazza, A. Towards a genetic history of China. Nature 395, 637–639 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/27071

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