The paternal genetic structure of Jingpo and Dai in southwest China. (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xu, Bingying; Guo, Jianxin; Huang, Ying; Chen, Xueyun; Deng, Xiaohua; Wang, Chuan-Chao
• Is Part Of: Annals of human biology. Volume 46:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 279
• Page End: 283
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Yunnan aborigines -- Y-SNPs -- Jingpo -- Dai -- population history; Human biology -- Periodicals; 612
• DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2019.1624821
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0301-4460

Abstract

Abstract: Yunnan province harbours substantial genetic, cultural and linguistic diversity, with the largest number of Aborigines in China, but the relationship among these Aborigines remains enigmatic. This study genotyped 45 Y chromosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 500 males from two aboriginal cross-border populations, Jingpo and Dai, from Dehong, Yunnan. It is reported that Haplogroup O2a2b1a1-M117 is the dominant lineage in both Jingpo and Dai. The Jingpo people show affinity with Tibeto-Burman speaking populations with a relatively high frequency of Haplogroup D-M174, and the Dai people are generally genetically similar with Tai-Kadai speaking populations with high frequencies of Haplogroup O1a-M119 and O1b1a1a-M95, which is consistent with their language classification.