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Dominant Contribution of Northern Chinese to the Paternal Genetic Structure of Chaoshanese in South China

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We investigated the Y chromosome of various Chinese populations to determine the patrilineal origin of the Chaoshanese population. Admixture analysis of six specific Y short tandem repeat (STR) loci in 6,292 individual samples taken from 51 populations, including Chaoshanese and Minnanese of our earlier studies, showed that over 85% of the Chaoshanese Y chromosomes were derived from the Central China Han (M RH: 0.8614; M BE: 1.1868 ± 0.2054), and a very small portion were from the southern aborigines. These results support a Central China Han origin of the Chaoshanese and additionally reveal that males from the Central China Han were the predominant contributor to the patrilineal genetics of the Chaoshanese. A phylogenetic tree and analysis of molecular variance signified a strong association between Y chromosomes of Chinese populations and their linguistic affiliations, revealing a coevolution of Y chromosome diversity and languages in East Asia.

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This work was supported by research grants from the Li Ka-Shing Foundation, Hong Kong; Cambridge University, UK; the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (No. 000819); the Shantou University Research and Development Foundation (No. L00007), and the Shantou Key Research Project, Shantou Science and Technology Bureau (No. 2005116).

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    Sheng-Ping Hu & Feng-Huan Zhang

  2. Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Shantou University Forensic Medical Service Center, Shantou, 515031, Guangdong, China

    Sheng-Ping Hu

  3. MOE Key Lab of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

    Hui Li & Yan Lu

  4. Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China

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Hu, SP., Li, H., Zhang, FH. et al. Dominant Contribution of Northern Chinese to the Paternal Genetic Structure of Chaoshanese in South China. Biochem Genet 49, 483–498 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-011-9424-x

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