The paternal genetic structure of Jingpo and Dai in southwest China |
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| Authors: | Bingying Xu Jianxin Guo Ying Huang Xueyun Chen Xiaohua Deng |
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| Institution: | 1. Research Center of Biomedical Engineering, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, PR China;2. bingying_xu@126.com;4. Department of History, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China;5. Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China;6. Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, PR China |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Yunnan aborigines Y-SNPs Jingpo Dai population history |
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