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Li J, Song F, Lang M, Xie M. Comprehensive insights into the genetic background of Chinese populations using Y chromosome markers. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 10:230814. [PMID: 37736526 PMCID: PMC10509572 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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China is located in East Asia. With a high genetic and cultural diversity, human migration in China has always been a hot topic of genetics research. To explore the origins and migration routes of Chinese males, 3333 Chinese individuals (Han, Hui, Mongolia, Yi and Kyrgyz) with 27 Y-STRs and 143 Y-SNPs from published literature were analysed. Our data showed that there are five dominant haplogroups (O2-M122, O1-F265, C-M130, N-M231, R-M207) in China. Combining analysis of haplogroup frequencies, geographical positions and time with the most recent common ancestor (TMRCA), we found that haplogroups C-M130, N-M231 and R1-M173 and O1a-M175 probably migrated into China via the northern route. Interestingly, we found that haplogroup C*-M130 in China may originate in South Asia, whereas the major subbranches C2a-L1373 and C2b-F1067 migrated from northern China. The results of BATWING showed that the common ancestry of Y haplogroup in China can be traced back to 17 000 years ago, which was concurrent with global temperature increases after the Last Glacial Maximum.
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- Jienan Li
- Department of Forensic Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Sichuan University Law School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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Guo J, Wang W, Zhao K, Li G, He G, Zhao J, Yang X, Chen J, Zhu K, Wang R, Ma H, Xu B, Wang C. Genomic insights into
Neolithic
farming‐related migrations in the junction of east and southeast
Asia. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Jianxin Guo
- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- Yunnan Modern Forensic Institute Kunming China
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- Yunnan Modern Forensic Institute Kunming China
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- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- Research Center of Biomedical Engineering Kunming Medical University Kunming China
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- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Xiamen University Xiamen China
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Rowold DJ, Gayden T, Luis JR, Alfonso-Sanchez MA, Garcia-Bertrand R, Herrera RJ. Investigating the genetic diversity and affinities of historical populations of Tibet. Gene 2018; 682:81-91. [PMID: 30266503 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.09.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study elucidates Y chromosome distribution patterns in the three general provincial populations of historical Tibet, Amdo (n = 88), Dotoe (n = 109) and U-Tsang (n = 153) against the backdrop of 37 Asian reference populations. The central aim of this study is to investigate the genetic affinities of the three historical Tibetan populations among themselves and to neighboring populations. Y-SNP and Y-STR profiles were assessed in these historical populations. Correspondence analyses (CA) were generated with Y-SNP haplogroup data. Y-STR haplotypes were determined and employed to generate multidimensional scaling (MDS) plots based on Rst distances. Frequency contour maps of informative Y haplogroups were constructed to visualize the distributions of specific chromosome types. Network analyses based on Y-STR profiles of individuals under specific Y haplogroups were generated to examine the genetic heterogeneity among populations. Average gene diversity values and other parameters of population genetics interest were estimated to characterize the populations. The Y chromosomal results generated in this study indicate that using two sets of markers (Y-SNP, and Y-STR) the three Tibetan populations are genetically distinct. In addition, U-Tsang displays the highest gene diversity, followed by Amdo and Dotoe. The results of this transcontinental biogeographical investigation also indicate various degrees of paternal genetic affinities among these three Tibetan populations depending on the type of loci (Y-SNP or Y-STR) analyzed. The CA generated with Y-SNP haplogroup data demonstrates that Amdo and U-Tsang are closer to each other than to any neighboring non-Tibetan group. In contrast, the MDS plot based on Y-STR haplotypes displays Rst distances that are much shorter between U-Tsang and its geographic nearby populations of Ladakh, Punjab, Kathmandu and Newar than between it and Amdo. Moreover, although Dotoe is isolated from all other groups using both types of marker systems, it lies nearer to the other Tibetan collections in the Y-SNP CA than in the Y-STR MDS plot. High resolution and shallow evolutionary time frames engendered by Y-STR based analyses may reflect a more recent demographic history than that delineated by the more conserved Y-SNP markers.
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- Diane J Rowold
- Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
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- PRecision Oncology For Young PeopLE (PROFYLE), Montreal Node, Canada
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- Area de Antropología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Sur s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Genetica y Antropologia Fisica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA
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The genetic diversity and applicability assessment of autosomal STRs among Chinese populations by a novel Fixation Index and Nei’s index. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2018; 31:49-58. [DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2017.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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β-globin gene cluster haplotypes in ethnic minority populations of southwest China. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42909. [PMID: 28205625 PMCID: PMC5311981 DOI: 10.1038/srep42909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The genetic diversity and relationships among ethnic minority populations of southwest China were investigated using seven polymorphic restriction enzyme sites in the β-globin gene cluster. The haplotypes of 1392 chromosomes from ten ethnic populations living in southwest China were determined. Linkage equilibrium and recombination hotspot were found between the 5′ sites and 3′ sites of the β-globin gene cluster. 5′ haplotypes 2 (+−−−), 6 (−++−+), 9 (−++++) and 3′ haplotype FW3 (−+) were the predominant haplotypes. Notably, haplotype 9 frequency was significantly high in the southwest populations, indicating their difference with other Chinese. The interpopulation differentiation of southwest Chinese minority populations is less than those in populations of northern China and other continents. Phylogenetic analysis shows that populations sharing same ethnic origin or language clustered to each other, indicating current β-globin cluster diversity in the Chinese populations reflects their ethnic origin and linguistic affiliations to a great extent. This study characterizes β-globin gene cluster haplotypes in southwest Chinese minorities for the first time, and reveals the genetic variability and affinity of these populations using β-globin cluster haplotype frequencies. The results suggest that ethnic origin plays an important role in shaping variations of the β-globin gene cluster in the southwestern ethnic populations of China.
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Ethnically distinct populations of historical Tibet exhibit distinct autosomal STR compositions. Gene 2016; 578:74-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Di D, Sanchez-Mazas A, Currat M. Computer simulation of human leukocyte antigen genes supports two main routes of colonization by human populations in East Asia. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:240. [PMID: 26530905 PMCID: PMC4632674 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0512-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Recent genetic studies have suggested that the colonization of East Asia by modern humans was more complex than a single origin from the South, and that a genetic contribution via a Northern route was probably quite substantial. Results Here we use a spatially-explicit computer simulation approach to investigate the human migration hypotheses of this region based on one-route or two-route models. We test the likelihood of each scenario by using Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) − A, −B, and − DRB1 genetic data of East Asian populations, with both selective and demographic parameters considered. The posterior distribution of each parameter is estimated by an Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) approach. Conclusions Our results strongly support a model with two main routes of colonization of East Asia on both sides of the Himalayas, with distinct demographic histories in Northern and Southern populations, characterized by more isolation in the South. In East Asia, gene flow between populations originating from the two routes probably existed until a remote prehistoric period, explaining the continuous pattern of genetic variation currently observed along the latitude. A significant although dissimilar level of balancing selection acting on the three HLA loci is detected, but its effect on the local genetic patterns appears to be minor compared to those of past demographic events. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0512-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Da Di
- Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling history (AGP lab), University of Geneva, 12 rue Gustave-Revilliod, Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling history (AGP lab), University of Geneva, 12 rue Gustave-Revilliod, Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland. .,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3), University of Geneva Medical Centre (CMU), 1 rue Michel-Servet, Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling history (AGP lab), University of Geneva, 12 rue Gustave-Revilliod, Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Matsumura H, Oxenham MF. Demographic transitions and migration in prehistoric East/Southeast Asia through the lens of nonmetric dental traits. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2014; 155:45-65. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Hirofumi Matsumura
- School of Health Science; Sapporo Medical University; Sapporo 060-8556 Japan
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- School of Archaeology and Anthropology; Australian National University; Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
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Talhelm T, Zhang X, Oishi S, Shimin C, Duan D, Lan X, Kitayama S. Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture. Science 2014; 344:603-8. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1246850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 554] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Di D, Sanchez-Mazas A. HLA variation reveals genetic continuity rather than population group structure in East Asia. Immunogenetics 2014; 66:153-60. [PMID: 24449274 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-014-0757-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Genetic differences between Northeast Asian (NEA) and Southeast Asian (SEA) populations have been observed in numerous studies. At the among-population level, despite a clear north-south differentiation observed for many genetic markers, debates were led between abrupt differences and a continuous pattern. At the within-population level, whether NEA or SEA populations have higher genetic diversity is also highly controversial. In this study, we analyzed a large set of HLA data from East Asia in order to map the genetic variation among and within populations in this continent and to clarify the distribution pattern of HLA lineages and alleles. We observed a genetic differentiation between NEA and SEA populations following a continuous pattern from north to south, and we show a significant and continuous decrease of HLA diversity by the same direction. This continuity is shaped by clinal distributions of many HLA lineages and alleles with increasing or decreasing frequencies along the latitude. These results bring new evidence in favor of the "overlapping model" proposed previously for East Asian peopling history, whereby modern humans migrated eastward from western Eurasia via two independent routes along each side of the Himalayas and, later, overlapped in East Asia across open land areas. Our study strongly suggests that intensive gene flow between NEA and SEA populations occurred and shaped the latitude-related continuous pattern of genetic variation and the peculiar HLA lineage and allele distributions observed in this continent. Probably for a very long period, the exact duration of these events remains to be estimated.
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- Da Di
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History (AGP lab), Anthropology Unit, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 12 rue Gustave-Revilliod, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland,
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Correlation between the linguistic affinity and genetic diversity of Chinese ethnic groups. J Hum Genet 2013; 58:686-93. [DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2013] [Revised: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kim HJ, Im SW, Jargal G, Lee S, Yi JH, Park JY, Sung J, Cho SI, Kim JY, Kim JI, Seo JS. Heritabilities of facial measurements and their latent factors in korean families. Genomics Inform 2013; 11:83-92. [PMID: 23843774 PMCID: PMC3704931 DOI: 10.5808/gi.2013.11.2.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Genetic studies on facial morphology targeting healthy populations are fundamental in understanding the specific genetic influences involved; yet, most studies to date, if not all, have been focused on congenital diseases accompanied by facial anomalies. To study the specific genetic cues determining facial morphology, we estimated familial correlations and heritabilities of 14 facial measurements and 3 latent factors inferred from a factor analysis in a subset of the Korean population. The study included a total of 229 individuals from 38 families. We evaluated a total of 14 facial measurements using 2D digital photographs. We performed factor analysis to infer common latent variables. The heritabilities of 13 facial measurements were statistically significant (p < 0.05) and ranged from 0.25 to 0.61. Of these, the heritability of intercanthal width in the orbital region was found to be the highest (h (2) = 0.61, SE = 0.14). Three factors (lower face portion, orbital region, and vertical length) were obtained through factor analysis, where the heritability values ranged from 0.45 to 0.55. The heritability values for each factor were higher than the mean heritability value of individual original measurements. We have confirmed the genetic influence on facial anthropometric traits and suggest a potential way to categorize and analyze the facial portions into different groups.
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- Hyun-Jin Kim
- Genomic Medicine Institute, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-799, Korea. ; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul 110-799, Korea
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Chen Y, Kang J, Wu M, Azuma A, Zhao L. Differential association between HLA and diffuse panbronchiolitis in Northern and Southern Chinese. Intern Med 2012; 51:271-6. [PMID: 22293801 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is a progressive inflammatory pulmonary disease that predominately affects East Asians. Genetic susceptibility to DPB is correlated with the human leukocyte antigens HLA-B54 in Japanese and HLA-A11 in Koreans. However, no systematic genetic study of DPB pathogenesis has been conducted in the Chinese population. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible association between HLA and disease susceptibility in Chinese patients with DPB. METHODS A literature review of both Chinese and English language studies on Chinese DPB patients, published between 1983 and 2010, was conducted. Seventy subjects met the inclusion criteria and were retrospectively analyzed for HLA gene frequency according to geographic region. RESULTS HLA-B54 frequency was significantly greater in DPB patients than in controls in the Northern Chinese group (35.7% vs. 4.6%, p=7.5×10(-7)). Although the HLA-B54 frequency was slightly increased in the Southern Chinese patients, the difference was not significant compared with control subjects (14.3% vs. 5.7%, p=0.28). The HLA-A11 frequency was significantly greater in DPB patients than controls in the Southern Chinese group (54.8% vs. 26.4%, p=0.009). Despite an increase of HLA-A11 frequency in the Northern Chinese group, no significant variation in HLA-A11 frequency was found compared with control subjects (42.9% vs. 30.8%, p=0.535). The HLA-A2 frequency was significantly decreased in DPB patients than in controls in the Southern Chinese group (22.9% vs. 66.0%, p=0.001). However, no significant difference in HLA-A2 frequency was found in the Northern Chinese group (50.0% vs. 46.9%, p=0.872). CONCLUSION HLA-B54 and HLA-A11 were positively associated with DPB in Northern and Southern Chinese, respectively. Population substructure may impact the genetic predisposition of DPB in China.
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- Yu Chen
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, China.
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Sánchez-Mora C, Ribasés M, Casas M, Bayés M, Bosch R, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Brunso L, Jacobsen KK, Landaas ET, Lundervold AJ, Gross-Lesch S, Kreiker S, Jacob CP, Lesch KP, Buitelaar JK, Hoogman M, Kiemeney LALM, Kooij JJS, Mick E, Asherson P, Faraone SV, Franke B, Reif A, Johansson S, Haavik J, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Cormand B. Exploring DRD4 and its interaction with SLC6A3 as possible risk factors for adult ADHD: a meta-analysis in four European populations. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2011; 156B:600-12. [PMID: 21595008 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Accepted: 04/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common behavioral disorder affecting about 4-8% of children. ADHD persists into adulthood in around 65% of cases, either as the full condition or in partial remission with persistence of symptoms. Pharmacological, animal and molecular genetic studies support a role for genes of the dopaminergic system in ADHD due to its essential role in motor control, cognition, emotion, and reward. Based on these data, we analyzed two functional polymorphisms within the DRD4 gene (120 bp duplication in the promoter and 48 bp VNTR in exon 3) in a clinical sample of 1,608 adult ADHD patients and 2,352 controls of Caucasian origin from four European countries that had been recruited in the context of the International Multicentre persistent ADHD CollaboraTion (IMpACT). Single-marker analysis of the two polymorphisms did not reveal association with ADHD. In contrast, multiple-marker meta-analysis showed a nominal association (P = 0.02) of the L-4R haplotype (dup120bp-48bpVNTR) with adulthood ADHD, especially with the combined clinical subtype. Since we previously described association between adulthood ADHD and the dopamine transporter SLC6A3 9R-6R haplotype (3'UTR VNTR-intron 8 VNTR) in the same dataset, we further tested for gene × gene interaction between DRD4 and SLC6A3. However, we detected no epistatic effects but our results rather suggest additive effects of the DRD4 risk haplotype and the SLC6A3 gene.
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- Cristina Sánchez-Mora
- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Sanchez-Mazas A, Fernandez-Viña M, Middleton D, Hollenbach JA, Buhler S, Di D, Rajalingam R, Dugoujon JM, Mack SJ, Thorsby E. Immunogenetics as a tool in anthropological studies. Immunology 2011; 133:143-64. [PMID: 21480890 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2011.03438.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The genes coding for the main molecules involved in the human immune system--immunoglobulins, human leucocyte antigen (HLA) molecules and killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR)--exhibit a very high level of polymorphism that reveals remarkable frequency variation in human populations. 'Genetic marker' (GM) allotypes located in the constant domains of IgG antibodies have been studied for over 40 years through serological typing, leading to the identification of a variety of GM haplotypes whose frequencies vary sharply from one geographic region to another. An impressive diversity of HLA alleles, which results in amino acid substitutions located in the antigen-binding region of HLA molecules, also varies greatly among populations. The KIR differ between individuals according to both gene content and allelic variation, and also display considerable population diversity. Whereas the molecular evolution of these polymorphisms has most likely been subject to natural selection, principally driven by host-pathogen interactions, their patterns of genetic variation worldwide show significant signals of human geographic expansion, demographic history and cultural diversification. As current developments in population genetic analysis and computer simulation improve our ability to discriminate among different--either stochastic or deterministic--forces acting on the genetic evolution of human populations, the study of these systems shows great promise for investigating both the peopling history of modern humans in the time since their common origin and human adaptation to past environmental (e.g. pathogenic) changes. Therefore, in addition to mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome, microsatellites, single nucleotide polymorphisms and other markers, immunogenetic polymorphisms represent essential and complementary tools for anthropological studies.
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- Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology unit, Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and peopling history, University of Geneva, 12 rue Gustave-Revilliod, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Yang JH, Sohn YH, Ko SY, Choi SE, Kim MH, Oh HB. Anthropological analysis of Koreans using HLA class II diversity among East Asians. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 76:282-8. [PMID: 20522202 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) are useful markers for anthropological investigations because the allele and haplotype distributions at these loci vary widely among ethnic groups. HLA frequencies in Koreans, however, have not previously been analyzed on a phylogenetic basis. We determined the allele frequencies of four HLA class II (HLA-DRB1, -DQA1, -DQB1, and -DPB1) loci in 149 unrelated Korean individuals using a sequence-based typing method. A total of 29 HLA-DRB1, 17 HLA-DQA1, 16 HLA-DQB1, and 15 HLA-DPB1 alleles were identified. The most common allele at each locus was DRB1*0901, DQA1*0102, DQB1*0301, and DPB1*0501, respectively. Four-locus allelic association analysis showed the existence of 25 DRB1-DQA1-DQB1-DPB1 haplotypes with a frequency greater than 0.010. A dataset comprising ethnicity-specific information from published literature and the dbMHC database, as well as the allele frequencies determined in this study, was subjected to phylogenetic analysis. The analysis showed that Koreans are most closely related to Japanese and Han Chinese from Shandong province. Correspondence analyses showed that the current Korean population is located in a position intermediate between the northern and southern East Asian groups, supporting the theory of a bi- and/or multidirectional route of migration of early Korean settlers. This report can be used for anthropological studies, and may also be of use in the International Hematopoietic Stem Cell Sharing program.
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- J H Yang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Korea University Medical College, Seoul, Korea
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Di D, Sanchez-Mazas A. Challenging views on the peopling history of East Asia: the story according to HLA markers. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2011; 145:81-96. [PMID: 21484761 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The peopling of East Asia by the first modern humans is strongly debated from a genetic point of view. A north-south genetic differentiation observed in this geographic area suggests different hypotheses on the origin of Northern East Asian (NEA) and Southern East Asian (SEA) populations. In this study, the highly polymorphic HLA markers were used to investigate East Asian genetic diversity. Our database covers a total of about 127,000 individuals belonging to 84 distinct Asian populations tested for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DPB1, and/or -DRB1 alleles. Many Chinese populations are represented, which have been sampled in the last 30 years but rarely taken into account in international research due to their data published in Chinese. By using different statistical methods, we found a significant correlation between genetics and geography and relevant genetic clines in East Asia. Additionally, HLA alleles appear to be unevenly distributed: some alleles observed in NEA populations are widespread at the global level, while some alleles observed in SEA populations are virtually unique in Asia. The HLA genetic variation in East Asia is also characterized by a decrease of diversity from north to south, although a reverse pattern appears when one only focuses on alleles restricted to Asia. These results reflect a more complex migration history than that illustrated by the "southern-origin" hypothesis, as genetic contribution of ancient human migrations through a northern route has probably been quite substantial. We thus suggest a new overlapping model where northward and southward opposite migrations occurring at different periods overlapped.
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- Da Di
- Department of Anthropology, Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Qin Z, Yang Y, Kang L, Yan S, Cho K, Cai X, Lu Y, Zheng H, Zhu D, Fei D, Li S, Jin L, Li H. A mitochondrial revelation of early human migrations to the Tibetan Plateau before and after the last glacial maximum. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2010; 143:555-69. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Nakashima A, Ishida H, Shigematsu M, Goto M, Hanihara T. Nonmetric cranial variation of Jomon Japan: Implications for the evolution of eastern Asian diversity. Am J Hum Biol 2010; 22:782-90. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Stoneking M, Delfin F. The human genetic history of East Asia: weaving a complex tapestry. Curr Biol 2010; 20:R188-93. [PMID: 20178766 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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East Asia encompasses a wide variety of environments, peoples, cultures and languages. Although this review focuses on East Asia, no geographic region can be considered in isolation in terms of human population history, and migrations to and from East Asia have had a major impact. Here, we review the following topics: the initial colonization of East Asia, the direction of migrations between southeast Asia and northern Asia, the genetic relationships of East Asian hunter-gatherers and the genetic impact of various social practices on East Asian populations. By necessity we focus on insights derived from mitochondrial DNA and/or Y-chromosome data; ongoing and future studies of genome-wide SNP or multi-locus re-sequencing data, combined with the use of simulation, model-based methods to infer demographic parameters, will undoubtedly provide additional insights into the population history of East Asia.
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- Mark Stoneking
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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DNA variants in a 31-kb region of the human major histocompatibility complex, encompassing the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) gene cluster, were surveyed by direct sequencing of 283 unrelated individuals from six Chinese populations. A total of 273 polymorphic sites were identified, with nearly half of them novel. We observed an excess of rare variants and negative values of selection tests of the region, implying either that these populations experienced a historical expansion or that the surveyed region was subjected to natural selection. Different characteristics of the sequence variation in the six populations outline the genetic differentiation between Northern and Southern Chinese populations. The distributions of recombination rates are similar among all the populations, with variation in the magnitude and/or in the fine location of hot spots. Tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) selected from HapMap (Phase II) CHB data accounted for an average of 64% of common SNPs from the six Chinese populations. We also observed a limited transferability of tag SNPs between Chinese populations on the 31-kb region with an excess of untaggable SNPs and ragged linkage disequilibrium blocks. It suggested that the design and interpretation of future association studies should be more cautious, and that a resequencing approach may refine tag SNP selection on Chinese-specific disease mapping.
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Lin H, Fan H, Zhang F, Huang X, Lin K, Shi L, Hu S, Chu J, Wang DM. Genetic relationships of ethnic minorities in Southwest China revealed by microsatellite markers. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9895. [PMID: 20360948 PMCID: PMC2847899 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Accepted: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Population migrations in Southwest and South China have played an important role in the formation of East Asian populations and led to a high degree of cultural diversity among ethnic minorities living in these areas. To explore the genetic relationships of these ethnic minorities, we systematically surveyed the variation of 10 autosomal STR markers of 1,538 individuals from 30 populations of 25 ethnic minorities, of which the majority were chosen from Southwest China, especially Yunnan Province. With genotyped data of the markers, we constructed phylogenies of these populations with both D(A) and D(C) measures and performed a principal component analysis, as well as a clustering analysis by structure. Results showed that we successfully recovered the genetic structure of analyzed populations formed by historical migrations. Aggregation patterns of these populations accord well with their linguistic affiliations, suggesting that deciphering of genetic relationships does in fact offer clues for study of ethnic differentiation.
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- Hongbin Lin
- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Kunming, China
- Biochemistry Department, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Kunming, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Kunming, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Abdulla MA, Ahmed I, Assawamakin A, Bhak J, Brahmachari SK, Calacal GC, Chaurasia A, Chen CH, Chen J, Chen YT, Chu J, Cutiongco-de la Paz EMC, De Ungria MCA, Delfin FC, Edo J, Fuchareon S, Ghang H, Gojobori T, Han J, Ho SF, Hoh BP, Huang W, Inoko H, Jha P, Jinam TA, Jin L, Jung J, Kangwanpong D, Kampuansai J, Kennedy GC, Khurana P, Kim HL, Kim K, Kim S, Kim WY, Kimm K, Kimura R, Koike T, Kulawonganunchai S, Kumar V, Lai PS, Lee JY, Lee S, Liu ET, Majumder PP, Mandapati KK, Marzuki S, Mitchell W, Mukerji M, Naritomi K, Ngamphiw C, Niikawa N, Nishida N, Oh B, Oh S, Ohashi J, Oka A, Ong R, Padilla CD, Palittapongarnpim P, Perdigon HB, Phipps ME, Png E, Sakaki Y, Salvador JM, Sandraling Y, Scaria V, Seielstad M, Sidek MR, Sinha A, Srikummool M, Sudoyo H, Sugano S, Suryadi H, Suzuki Y, Tabbada KA, Tan A, Tokunaga K, Tongsima S, Villamor LP, Wang E, Wang Y, Wang H, Wu JY, Xiao H, Xu S, Yang JO, Shugart YY, Yoo HS, Yuan W, Zhao G, Zilfalil BA. Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia. Science 2010; 326:1541-5. [PMID: 20007900 DOI: 10.1126/science.1177074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 459] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Asia harbors substantial cultural and linguistic diversity, but the geographic structure of genetic variation across the continent remains enigmatic. Here we report a large-scale survey of autosomal variation from a broad geographic sample of Asian human populations. Our results show that genetic ancestry is strongly correlated with linguistic affiliations as well as geography. Most populations show relatedness within ethnic/linguistic groups, despite prevalent gene flow among populations. More than 90% of East Asian (EA) haplotypes could be found in either Southeast Asian (SEA) or Central-South Asian (CSA) populations and show clinal structure with haplotype diversity decreasing from south to north. Furthermore, 50% of EA haplotypes were found in SEA only and 5% were found in CSA only, indicating that SEA was a major geographic source of EA populations.
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Chen J, Zheng H, Bei JX, Sun L, Jia WH, Li T, Zhang F, Seielstad M, Zeng YX, Zhang X, Liu J. Genetic structure of the Han Chinese population revealed by genome-wide SNP variation. Am J Hum Genet 2009; 85:775-85. [PMID: 19944401 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Population stratification is a potential problem for genome-wide association studies (GWAS), confounding results and causing spurious associations. Hence, understanding how allele frequencies vary across geographic regions or among subpopulations is an important prelude to analyzing GWAS data. Using over 350,000 genome-wide autosomal SNPs in over 6000 Han Chinese samples from ten provinces of China, our study revealed a one-dimensional "north-south" population structure and a close correlation between geography and the genetic structure of the Han Chinese. The north-south population structure is consistent with the historical migration pattern of the Han Chinese population. Metropolitan cities in China were, however, more diffused "outliers," probably because of the impact of modern migration of peoples. At a very local scale within the Guangdong province, we observed evidence of population structure among dialect groups, probably on account of endogamy within these dialects. Via simulation, we show that empirical levels of population structure observed across modern China can cause spurious associations in GWAS if not properly handled. In the Han Chinese, geographic matching is a good proxy for genetic matching, particularly in validation and candidate-gene studies in which population stratification cannot be directly accessed and accounted for because of the lack of genome-wide data, with the exception of the metropolitan cities, where geographical location is no longer a good indicator of ancestral origin. Our findings are important for designing GWAS in the Chinese population, an activity that is expected to intensify greatly in the near future.
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- Jieming Chen
- Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore 138672, Singapore
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Horie Y, Meguro A, Ota M, Kitaichi N, Katsuyama Y, Takemoto Y, Namba K, Yoshida K, Song YW, Park KS, Lee EB, Inoko H, Mizuki N, Ohno S. Association of TLR4 polymorphisms with Behcet's disease in a Korean population. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2009; 48:638-42. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Gayden T, Mirabal S, Cadenas AM, Lacau H, Simms TM, Morlote D, Chennakrishnaiah S, Herrera RJ. Genetic insights into the origins of Tibeto-Burman populations in the Himalayas. J Hum Genet 2009; 54:216-23. [PMID: 19282873 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Himalayan mountain range has played a dual role in shaping the genetic landscape of the region by (1) delineating east-west migrations including the Silk Road and (2) restricting human dispersals, especially from the Indian subcontinent into the Tibetan plateau. In this study, 15 hypervariable autosomal STR loci were employed to evaluate the genetic relationships of three populations from Nepal (Kathmandu, Newar and Tamang) and a general collection from Tibet. These Himalayan groups were compared to geographically targeted worldwide populations as well as Tibeto-Burman (TB) speaking groups from Northeast India. Our results suggest a Northeast Asian origin for the Himalayan populations with subsequent gene flow from South Asia into the Kathmandu valley and the Newar population, corroborating a previous Y-chromosome study. In contrast, Tamang and Tibet exhibit limited genetic contributions from South Asia, possibly due to the orographic obstacle presented by the Himalayan massif. The TB groups from Northeast India are genetically distinct compared to their counterparts from the Himalayas probably resulting from prolonged isolation and/or founder effects.
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- Tenzin Gayden
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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Lertrit P, Poolsuwan S, Thosarat R, Sanpachudayan T, Boonyarit H, Chinpaisal C, Suktitipat B. Genetic history of Southeast Asian populations as revealed by ancient and modern human mitochondrial DNA analysis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2009; 137:425-40. [PMID: 18615504 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The 360 base-pair fragment in HVS-1 of the mitochondrial genome were determined from ancient human remains excavated at Noen U-loke and Ban Lum-Khao, two Bronze and Iron Age archaeological sites in Northeastern Thailand, radio-carbon dated to circa 3,500-1,500 years BP and 3,200-2,400 years BP, respectively. These two neighboring populations were parts of early agricultural communities prevailing in northeastern Thailand from the fourth millennium BP onwards. The nucleotide sequences of these ancient samples were compared with the sequences of modern samples from various ethnic populations of East and Southeast Asia, encompassing four major linguistic affiliations (Altaic, Sino-Tibetan, Tai-Kadai, and Austroasiatic), to investigate the genetic relationships and history among them. The two ancient samples were most closely related to each other, and next most closely related to the Chao-Bon, an Austroasiatic-speaking group living near the archaeological sites, suggesting that the genetic continuum may have persisted since prehistoric times in situ among the native, perhaps Austroasiatic-speaking population. Tai-Kadai groups formed close affinities among themselves, with a tendency to be more closely related to other Southeast Asian populations than to populations from further north. The Tai-Kadai groups were relatively distant from all groups that have presumably been in Southeast Asia for longer-that is, the two ancient groups and the Austroasiatic-speaking groups, with the exception of the Khmer group. This finding is compatible with the known history of the Thais: their late arrival in Southeast Asia from southern China after the 10th-11th century AD, followed by a period of subjugation under the Khmers.
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- Patcharee Lertrit
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
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Dancause KN, Chan CW, Arunotai NH, Lum JK. Origins of the Moken Sea Gypsies inferred from mitochondrial hypervariable region and whole genome sequences. J Hum Genet 2009; 54:86-93. [DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2008.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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PURPOSE Mutations in the SLC26A4 gene are second only to GJB2 mutations as a currently identifiable genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss. In most areas of China, genetic testing for sensorineural hearing loss is unavailable because of limited knowledge of the mutation spectrum. Although SLC26A4 c.919-2A>G (IVS7-2A>G) is a common mutation among some Asian populations, the mutation prevalence among various ethnic groups within China has not been studied. METHODS DNA specimens from 3271 subjects with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss from 27 regions of China were genotyped for the c.919-2A>G mutation by polymerase chain reaction/restriction-fragment-length polymorphism. Normal hearing controls from Han (n = 185) and Uigur (n = 152) populations were also tested. RESULTS Overall, 408 subjects with sensorineural hearing loss (12.5%) carried at least one c.919-2A>G allele, with 158 (4.8%) homozygotes and 250 (7.6%) heterozygotes. Within the subpopulations examined, the rate varies from 0% to 12.2% for c.919-2A>G homozygotes and from 0% to 17.6% for heterozygotes. Based on this cohort, Chinese subjects with sensorineural hearing loss seem to have a relatively higher c.919-2A>G frequency than that of other Asian populations. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate that a simple and efficient genetic test for the c.919-2A>G mutation alone would identify the molecular cause in up to 8-12% of individuals with sensorineural hearing loss in a few eastern and central regions of China. Those who are negative for the c.919-2A>G mutation would be candidates for further mutational analysis of SLC26A4 or other deafness-related genes. This would greatly improve genetic diagnosis and counseling for a huge number of Chinese individuals and family members with sensorineural hearing loss in China, and many more ethnic Chinese in other countries, which might be up to one million.
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Tian C, Kosoy R, Lee A, Ransom M, Belmont JW, Gregersen PK, Seldin MF. Analysis of East Asia genetic substructure using genome-wide SNP arrays. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3862. [PMID: 19057645 PMCID: PMC2587696 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Accounting for population genetic substructure is important in reducing type 1 errors in genetic studies of complex disease. As efforts to understand complex genetic disease are expanded to different continental populations the understanding of genetic substructure within these continents will be useful in design and execution of association tests. In this study, population differentiation (Fst) and Principal Components Analyses (PCA) are examined using >200 K genotypes from multiple populations of East Asian ancestry. The population groups included those from the Human Genome Diversity Panel [Cambodian, Yi, Daur, Mongolian, Lahu, Dai, Hezhen, Miaozu, Naxi, Oroqen, She, Tu, Tujia, Naxi, Xibo, and Yakut], HapMap [ Han Chinese (CHB) and Japanese (JPT)], and East Asian or East Asian American subjects of Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino and Chinese ancestry. Paired Fst (Wei and Cockerham) showed close relationships between CHB and several large East Asian population groups (CHB/Korean, 0.0019; CHB/JPT, 00651; CHB/Vietnamese, 0.0065) with larger separation with Filipino (CHB/Filipino, 0.014). Low levels of differentiation were also observed between Dai and Vietnamese (0.0045) and between Vietnamese and Cambodian (0.0062). Similarly, small Fst's were observed among different presumed Han Chinese populations originating in different regions of mainland of China and Taiwan (Fst's <0.0025 with CHB). For PCA, the first two PC's showed a pattern of relationships that closely followed the geographic distribution of the different East Asian populations. PCA showed substructure both between different East Asian groups and within the Han Chinese population. These studies have also identified a subset of East Asian substructure ancestry informative markers (EASTASAIMS) that may be useful for future complex genetic disease association studies in reducing type 1 errors and in identifying homogeneous groups that may increase the power of such studies.
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- Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- The Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- The Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Family-based association studies of CAPON and schizophrenia in the Chinese Han population. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2008; 32:1210-3. [PMID: 18430503 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Revised: 02/22/2008] [Accepted: 03/11/2008] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Although there is evidence pointing to CAPON as a susceptible gene for schizophrenia, the results of independent association studies have so far been inconsistent. A recent case-control study by Zheng et al. supported CAPON as a susceptible site for the disease in the Chinese Han population. In their study both the single polymorphism (rs348624) and individual haplotypes showed significant association with schizophrenia. Our study further investigates this relationship this time using a family-based association. We selected 5 SNPs including rs348624 and performed a Transmission Disequilibrium Test (TDT) in 319 Chinese Han trios. Our results identified no single marker nor haplotype associated with schizophrenia, which did not suggest that CAPON was a susceptible site in the Chinese Han population, or it appeared unlikely that the CAPON played a major role in the aetiology of schizophrenia. Since there is consistent evidence pointing to 1q21-22 as a positional candidate region for schizophrenia, we suggest that further research should focus on other genes located in this region.
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Shimizu K, Nagaoka E, Okada Y, Takeuchi Y, Harihara S, Omoto K, Imanishi T, Kim W, Shin DJ, Hao L, Jin F. Characteristics of the β-Globin Gene Cluster Haplotypes of Three Han Chinese Populations at Beijing, Xi’an, and Kunming as Compared with Those of Other Asian Populations. Biochem Genet 2008; 46:566-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s10528-008-9171-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2007] [Accepted: 03/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Genetic polymorphism of MTHFR G1793A in Chinese populations. Eur J Epidemiol 2008; 23:363-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9243-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 03/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A spatial analysis of genetic structure of human populations in China reveals distinct difference between maternal and paternal lineages. Eur J Hum Genet 2008; 16:705-17. [PMID: 18212820 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Analyses of archeological, anatomical, linguistic, and genetic data suggested consistently the presence of a significant boundary between the populations of north and south in China. However, the exact location and the strength of this boundary have remained controversial. In this study, we systematically explored the spatial genetic structure and the boundary of north-south division of human populations using mtDNA data in 91 populations and Y-chromosome data in 143 populations. Our results highlight a distinct difference between spatial genetic structures of maternal and paternal lineages. A substantial genetic differentiation between northern and southern populations is the characteristic of maternal structure, with a significant uninterrupted genetic boundary extending approximately along the Huai River and Qin Mountains north to Yangtze River. On the paternal side, however, no obvious genetic differentiation between northern and southern populations is revealed.
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Dai P, Yu F, Han B, Yuan Y, Li Q, Wang G, Liu X, He J, Huang D, Kang D, Zhang X, Yuan H, Schmitt E, Han D, Wong LJ. The prevalence of the 235delC GJB2 mutation in a Chinese deaf population. Genet Med 2008; 9:283-9. [PMID: 17505205 DOI: 10.1097/gim.0b013e31804d2371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Mutations in the GJB2 gene are the most frequently found mutations in patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment in populations studied to date. However, the prevalence of mutations varies among different ethnic groups. In most areas of China, genetic testing for nonsyndromic hearing impairment is currently not available because of the lack of information regarding the molecular cause of nonsyndromic hearing impairment. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of a common GJB2 mutation, 235delC, in Chinese deaf children. METHODS We collected DNA specimens from 3004 patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment from 26 regions of China; 368 Han Chinese and 98 Uigur controls, and screened for the 235delC mutation. The coding exon of the GJB2 gene was polymerase chain reaction amplified, followed by restriction enzyme digestion with ApaI and analysis by agarose gel. RESULTS Overall, 488 patients (16.3%) were determined to carry at least one 235delC mutant allele, with 233 (7.8%) homozygotes and 255 (8.5%) heterozygotes. Therefore, within the subpopulations examined, the frequency varies from 0% to 14.7% for 235delC homozygotes and from 1.7% to 16.1% for heterozygotes. On the basis of this survey of the patient cohort as stated, Chinese patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment appear to have a relatively higher 235delC frequency than that of other Asian populations. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate that an easy and fast genetic testing method for this well-known GJB2 gene mutation can be made available for at least 2 million Chinese patients and family members with nonsyndromic hearing impairment. By screening for the common GJB2 235delC mutation, the molecular cause in as high as 15% of patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment in certain regions of China can be identified. In addition, patients who are negative for the 235delC mutation would be candidates for further mutational analysis of GJB2 or other deafness-related genes.
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- Pu Dai
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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MATSUMURA HIROFUMI, OXENHAM MARCF, DODO YUKIO, DOMETT KATE, THUY NGUYENKIM, CUONG NGUYENLAN, DUNG NGUYENKIM, HUFFER DAMIEN, YAMAGATA MARIKO. Morphometric affinity of the late Neolithic human remains from Man Bac, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam: key skeletons with which to debate the 'two layer' hypothesis. ANTHROPOL SCI 2008. [DOI: 10.1537/ase.070405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tohoku University
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- School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University
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Zhang F, Su B, Zhang YP, Jin L. Genetic studies of human diversity in East Asia. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2007; 362:987-95. [PMID: 17317646 PMCID: PMC2435565 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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East Asia is one of the most important regions for studying evolution and genetic diversity of human populations. Recognizing the relevance of characterizing the genetic diversity and structure of East Asian populations for understanding their genetic history and designing and interpreting genetic studies of human diseases, in recent years researchers in China have made substantial efforts to collect samples and generate data especially for markers on Y chromosomes and mtDNA. The hallmark of these efforts is the discovery and confirmation of consistent distinction between northern and southern East Asian populations at genetic markers across the genome. With the confirmation of an African origin for East Asian populations and the observation of a dominating impact of the gene flow entering East Asia from the south in early human settlement, interpretation of the north-south division in this context poses the challenge to the field. Other areas of interest that have been studied include the gene flow between East Asia and its neighbouring regions (i.e. Central Asia, the Sub-continent, America and the Pacific Islands), the origin of Sino-Tibetan populations and expansion of the Chinese.
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- Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesKunming 650223, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesKunming 650223, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource, Yunnan UniversityKunming 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
- CAS-MPG Partner Institute of Computational Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghai 200031, People's Republic of China
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Chen S, Li W, Hu Q, Liu Z, Xu Y, Xu A. Polymorphism of HLA class I genes in Meizhou Han population of Guangdong, China. Int J Immunogenet 2007; 34:131-6. [PMID: 17373939 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2007.00669.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) is an invaluable marker for anthropological studies because of its extreme polymorphism. Most of the studies carried out in Chinese populations are about HLA class II genes, but few about class I genes. In the present study, we investigated HLA class I polymorphism using polymerase chain reaction-sequencing-based typing (PCR-SBT) method in 104 unrelated Han individuals in Meizhou of Guangdong, southern China. Twenty-three HLA-A, 43 HLA-B and 27 HLA-C alleles were identified and allele frequencies and two-locus (C/B) and three-locus (A/C/B) haplotypes were statistically analysed. The most frequent HLA-A allele is A*110101 with a frequency of 30.3%, followed by A*24020101 (22.2%) and A*2420 (11.6%). Among the 43 detected HLA-B alleles, B*5801 (17.0%), B*400101 (15.5%) and B*4601 (10.0%) were frequently observed. Among the 27 detected C alleles, the most predominant one is Cw*07020101 (25.8%), followed by Cw*0717 (14.7%). The most frequent HLA-C/B two-locus haplotype is Cw*07020101/B*400101 (10.1%). The most common HLA-A/C/B three-locus haplotype in Meizhou Han is A*110101/Cw*07020101/B*400101 (3.4%). Phylogenetic tree based on HLA class I allele frequencies genetically suggested that Meizhou Han has an affinity to southern Asian populations. The result may also reflect an admixture of Han and ethnic minorities of southern China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275 China
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Y-chromosome evidence suggests a common paternal heritage of Austro-Asiatic populations. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:47. [PMID: 17389048 PMCID: PMC1851701 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background The Austro-Asiatic linguistic family, which is considered to be the oldest of all the families in India, has a substantial presence in Southeast Asia. However, the possibility of any genetic link among the linguistic sub-families of the Indian Austro-Asiatics on the one hand and between the Indian and the Southeast Asian Austro-Asiatics on the other has not been explored till now. Therefore, to trace the origin and historic expansion of Austro-Asiatic groups of India, we analysed Y-chromosome SNP and STR data of the 1222 individuals from 25 Indian populations, covering all the three branches of Austro-Asiatic tribes, viz. Mundari, Khasi-Khmuic and Mon-Khmer, along with the previously published data on 214 relevant populations from Asia and Oceania. Results Our results suggest a strong paternal genetic link, not only among the subgroups of Indian Austro-Asiatic populations but also with those of Southeast Asia. However, maternal link based on mtDNA is not evident. The results also indicate that the haplogroup O-M95 had originated in the Indian Austro-Asiatic populations ~65,000 yrs BP (95% C.I. 25,442 – 132,230) and their ancestors carried it further to Southeast Asia via the Northeast Indian corridor. Subsequently, in the process of expansion, the Mon-Khmer populations from Southeast Asia seem to have migrated and colonized Andaman and Nicobar Islands at a much later point of time. Conclusion Our findings are consistent with the linguistic evidence, which suggests that the linguistic ancestors of the Austro-Asiatic populations have originated in India and then migrated to Southeast Asia.
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Tang RQ, Zhao XZ, Shi YY, Tang W, Gu NF, Feng GY, Xing YL, Zhu SM, Sang H, Liang PJ, He L. Family-based association study of Epsin 4 and Schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry 2006; 11:395-9. [PMID: 16402136 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Recently, Pimm et al. identified Epsin 4 on chromosome 5q33 as a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia in the British population, based on linkage and association evidence. In Pimm's case-control study, both the single polymorphisms and the individual haplotypes at the 5' end of the gene showed genetic association with schizophrenia. Here, we report the first study evaluating the relevance of Epsin 4 and schizophrenia outside the British population. Markers showing positive results in the original work as well as two additional polymorphisms were genotyped in 308 Han Chinese family trios. Transmission disequilibrium analysis was used to test for association of single-locus markers and multi-locus haplotypes with schizophrenia. Although no individual marker was significant at the P=0.05 level, the haplotypes detected in our samples, different from those previously reported, showed strong evidence of association (most significant global P=0.0021). Our results indicate the presence of a locus near the 5' end of Epsin 4 conferring susceptibility to the disease and provide further support for Epsin 4 as an important potential contributor to genetic risk in schizophrenia.
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- R Q Tang
- Bio-X Life Science Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Ma L, Xue Y, Liu Y, Wang Z, Cui X, Li P, Fu S. Polymorphism study of seven SNPs at ADH genes in 15 Chinese populations. Hereditas 2006; 142:103-11. [PMID: 16970620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2005.01910.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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It has been shown that the variants of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) genes exhibit great diversities among various populations and are associated with susceptibility to alcoholism. To investigate the distribution of SNPs at ADH genes in Chinese populations and the genetic relationship of these groups, we collected 467 individuals from 15 groups distributing widely from north to south in China and genotyped 7 SNPs at ADH genes respectively. The statistic analyses of allele frequencies, estimated haplotype frequencies, pairwise linkage disequilibrium, AMOVA (analysis of molecular variance), pairwise Fst', and cluster analysis indicated (1) that six of these seven SNPs showed great variations in the 15 Chinese populations, and three of them (RsaI, SspI, EcoRI), were confirmed to be informative SNPs. However, the causative SNP ADH1B Arg47His confirmed in case-control studies could not act as significant indicator to distinguish bibulous groups from non-bibulous groups in healthy individuals; (2) haplotypes constructed with ADH SNPs could be used as markers to discern different populations in China, and six-allele haplotype "221211" was the most common one defined in present study; (3) on the basis of SNPs analysis of ADH genes, the 15 populations were grouped into northern groups and southern groups. Moreover, the origin relationship among the populations was indicated according to the results of cluster analysis.
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- Linlin Ma
- Laboratory of Medical Genetics and Cytogenetics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, PR China
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He G, Zhang J, Li XW, Chen WY, Pan YX, Yang FP, Gu NF, Feng GY, Yang SL, He JY, Liu BX, Peng YW, Liu J, He L. Interleukin-10 −1082 promoter polymorphism is associated with schizophrenia in a Han Chinese sib-pair study. Neurosci Lett 2006; 394:1-4. [PMID: 16378687 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2005] [Revised: 06/23/2005] [Accepted: 06/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene has been identified as a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia in Caucasians. A previous case-control study conducted by our group revealed a weak association between polymorphism, -592C/A, of the IL-10 gene promoter and schizophrenia. Our present study was aimed at confirming the association of the IL-10 promoter with schizophrenia using 197 Han Chinese sib-pair families. A family-based association test (FBAT) and haplotype analysis was undertaken using the FBAT v1.5.5. The global TDT was significant for a different polymorphism, -1082G/A (chi2=13.16, P=0.000285) and that the allele -1082G was preferentially transmitted to schizophrenia-affected children. Furthermore, haplotype TDT analysis showed that haplotype "GCC" was significantly associated with the disease (chi2=8.1, P=0.00443). Our results also indicate that the IL-10 gene may play a significant role in the etiology of schizophrenia among Han Chinese.
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- G He
- Bio-X Life Science Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, PR China
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MA LINLIN, XUE YALI, LIU YAN, WANG ZHE, CUI XIAOBO, LI PU, FU SONGBIN. Polymorphism study of seven SNPs at ADH genes in 15 Chinese populations. Hereditas 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2005.0018-0661.01910.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Shi H, Dong YL, Wen B, Xiao CJ, Underhill PA, Shen PD, Chakraborty R, Jin L, Su B. Y-chromosome evidence of southern origin of the East Asian-specific haplogroup O3-M122. Am J Hum Genet 2005; 77:408-19. [PMID: 16080116 PMCID: PMC1226206 DOI: 10.1086/444436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 06/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The prehistoric peopling of East Asia by modern humans remains controversial with respect to early population migrations. Here, we present a systematic sampling and genetic screening of an East Asian-specific Y-chromosome haplogroup (O3-M122) in 2,332 individuals from diverse East Asian populations. Our results indicate that the O3-M122 lineage is dominant in East Asian populations, with an average frequency of 44.3%. The microsatellite data show that the O3-M122 haplotypes in southern East Asia are more diverse than those in northern East Asia, suggesting a southern origin of the O3-M122 mutation. It was estimated that the early northward migration of the O3-M122 lineages in East Asia occurred approximately 25,000-30,000 years ago, consistent with the fossil records of modern humans in East Asia.
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- Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China.
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Matsumura H, Hudson MJ. Dental perspectives on the population history of Southeast Asia. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2005; 127:182-209. [PMID: 15558609 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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This article uses metric and nonmetric dental data to test the "two-layer" or immigration hypothesis whereby Southeast Asia was initially occupied by an "Australo-Melanesian" population that later underwent substantial genetic admixture with East Asian immigrants associated with the spread of agriculture from the Neolithic period onwards. We examined teeth from 4,002 individuals comprising 42 prehistoric and historic samples from East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Melanesia. For the odontometric analysis, dental size proportions were compared using factor analysis and Q-mode correlation coefficients, and overall tooth size was also compared between population samples. Nonmetric population affinities were estimated by Smith's distances, using the frequencies of 16 tooth traits. The results of both the metric and nonmetric analyses demonstrate close affinities between recent Australo-Melanesian samples and samples representing early Southeast Asia, such as the Early to Middle Holocene series from Vietnam, Malaysia, and Flores. In contrast, the dental characteristics of most modern Southeast Asians exhibit a mixture of traits associated with East Asians and Australo-Melanesians, suggesting that these populations were genetically influenced by immigrants from East Asia. East Asian metric and/or nonmetric traits are also found in some prehistoric samples from Southeast Asia such as Ban Kao (Thailand), implying that immigration probably began in the early Neolithic. Much clearer influence of East Asian immigration was found in Early Metal Age Vietnamese and Sulawesi samples. Although the results of this study are consistent with the immigration hypothesis, analysis of additional Neolithic samples is needed to determine the exact timing of population dispersals into Southeast Asia.
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- Hirofumi Matsumura
- Department of Anatomy, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556, Japan.
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Kwak KD, Jin HJ, Shin DJ, Kim JM, Roewer L, Krawczak M, Tyler-Smith C, Kim W. Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes and their applications to forensic and population studies in east Asia. Int J Legal Med 2005; 119:195-201. [PMID: 15856270 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0518-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2004] [Accepted: 12/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We have analyzed 11 Y-STR loci (DYS19, the two DYS385 loci, DYS388, DYS389I/II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DXYS156Y) in 700 males from ten ethnic groups in east Asia in order to evaluate their usefulness for forensic and population genetic studies. A total of 644 different haplotypes were identified, among which 603 (86.14%) were individual-specific. The haplotype diversity averaged over all populations was 0.9997; using only the nine Y-STRs comprising the "minimal haplotype" (excluding DYS388 and DXYS156Y) it was 0.9996, a value similar to that found in 1924 samples from other Asian populations (0.9996; Lessig et al. Legal Medicine 5(2003) 160-163), and slightly higher than in European populations (0.9976; n=11,610; Roewer et al. For Sci International (2001) 118:103-111). All of the individual east Asian populations examined here had high haplotype diversity (> or =0.997), except for the Mongolians (0.992) and Manchurians (0.960). The most frequent haplotype identified by the nine markers was present at only 1% (7/700). Population comparisons based on Phi(ST) or rho genetic distance measures revealed clustering according to the traditional northeast-southeast distinction, but with exceptions. For example, the Yunnan population from southern China lay among the northern populations, possibly reflecting recent migration, while the Korean population, traditionally considered northern, lay at the boundary between northern and southern populations. An admixture estimate suggested 55(51-59)% northern, 45(41-49)% southern contribution to the Koreans, illustrating the complexity of the genetic history of this region.
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- Kyoung Don Kwak
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan, 330-714, South Korea
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Myopia is of diverse aetiology. A small proportion of myopia is clearly familial, generally early in onset and of high level, with defined chromosomal localisations and in some cases, causal genetic mutations. However, in economically developed societies, most myopia appears during childhood, particularly during the school years. The chromosomal localisations characterised so far for high familial myopia do not seem to be relevant to school myopia. Family correlations in refractive error and axial length are consistent with a genetic contribution to variations in school myopia, but potentially confound shared genes and shared environments. High heritability values are obtained from twin studies, but rest on contestable assumptions, and require further critical analysis, particularly in view of the low heritability values obtained from parent-offspring correlations where there has been rapid environmental change between generations. Since heritability is a population-specific parameter, the values obtained on twins cannot be extrapolated to define the genetic contribution to variation in the general population. In addition, high heritability sets no limit to the potential for environmentally induced change. There is in fact strong evidence for rapid, environmentally induced change in the prevalence of myopia, associated with increased education and urbanisation. These environmental impacts have been found in all major branches of the human family, defined in modern molecular terms, with the exception of the Pacific Islanders, where the evidence is too limited to draw conclusions. The idea that populations of East Asian origin have an intrinsically higher prevalence of myopia is not supported by the very low prevalence reported for them in rural areas, and by the high prevalence of myopia reported for Indians in Singapore. A propensity to develop myopia in "myopigenic" environments thus appears to be a common human characteristic. Overall, while there may be a small genetic contribution to school myopia, detectable under conditions of low environmental variation, environmental change appears to be the major factor increasing the prevalence of myopia around the world. There is, moreover, little evidence to support the idea that individuals or populations differ in their susceptibility to environmental risk factors.
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- Ian Morgan
- Visual Sciences Group, Research School of Biological Sciences and Centre for Visual Science, Australian National University, GPO Box 475, Canberra City, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Leung PWL, Lee CC, Hung SF, Ho TP, Tang CP, Kwong SL, Leung SY, Yuen ST, Lieh-Mak F, Oosterlaan J, Grady D, Harxhi A, Ding YC, Chi HC, Flodman P, Schuck S, Spence MA, Moyzis R, Swanson J. Dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene in Han Chinese children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): increased prevalence of the 2-repeat allele. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2005; 133B:54-6. [PMID: 15578612 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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There is an increased prevalence of the 7-repeat (7R) allele of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the population prevalence of the 7R allele varies considerably across ethnicity and is very low in Asians. To test whether this 7R allele/ADHD association still held in a Chinese clinical sample, 32 Han Chinese children with a confirmed ADHD diagnosis and normal IQ who were methylphenidate-responders were genotyped. None of them had a DRD4 7R allele. Instead, we observed a significantly increased prevalence of the 2-repeat (2R) allele in this clinical sample (33%) compared to ethnically-matched controls (20%) (chi(2)(1d.f.) = 5.90, P = 0.015). This approximately 1.65-fold increase of the 2R allele in our probands is close to the observed increase of the 7R allele in European-ancestry ADHD children. Recent genetic studies have indicated that the 2R allele in Asians is likely derived from the 7R allele. Further, available biochemical data indicate that both the 2R and 7R protein have blunted responses to dopamine compared to the 4R protein. Based on these results, we propose that the observed increased prevalence of the 2R allele in our Han Chinese ADHD probands is still consistent with the 7R allele hypothesis of ADHD in European-ancestry children. Recent studies have suggested that any variant from the conserved ancestral 4R allele might potentially alter biochemistry/phenotype. We hypothesize that an increased frequency of any non-4R allele may define the association of the DRD4 gene with ADHD that holds across ethnicity. The present findings, however, obtained with a small ADHD sample size, should be replicated.
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- Patrick W L Leung
- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Liu X, Xu Y, Shen Y, Zhang H, Fu Y, Liu Z, Xu A. HLA-DPA1 promoter haplotypes are differently distributed in southern Chinese ethnic groups. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 65:172-7. [PMID: 15713216 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00355.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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DPA1 gene is one of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes and its promoter is highly polymorphic. From comparative studies among five southern Chinese populations, Jing, Li, Bai, Lahu, and Meizhou Han, we describe their single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)/haplotype frequency data of HLA-DPA1 gene promoter in this study. Within the 760-bp promoter region, we have identified 21 SNPs and nine possible haplotypes. Pair-wise comparisons show similar frequencies distribution of the HLA-DPA1 promoter haplotypes among Jing, Li, and Bai, whereas all pair-wise comparisons involved with Lahu or Meizhou Han and other ethnic groups show remarkable difference. The differences in frequencies of HLA-DPA1 promoter alleles may reveal different ethnic origins and demographic histories of the five populations. Our study may help distinguishing each of these populations by sequence variations of HLA-DPA1 promoter, which may be served as functional molecular markers for clinical and immunological studies involving the DPA1 locus.
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- Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering of MOE, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, 510275 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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JI XUEPING, NAKAYAMA MITSUKO, HAN KANGXIN, LIU XU, LIU HONG, KONDO OSAMU. Unique biological affinity of the hanging coffin people in ancient China based on craniometry of two skulls from Yunnan province. ANTHROPOL SCI 2005. [DOI: 10.1537/ase.040805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- XUEPING JI
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Paleobiology, Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology
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- Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Paleobiology, Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology
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- Yunnan Institute of Geography, Yunnan University
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
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