Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 115-119 , June 2007

The population history of the Xibe in northern China: A comparison of autosomal, mtDNA and Y-chromosomal analyses of migration and gene flow

  • Gareth T. Powell

      Affiliations

    • The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK
    • ,
  • Huanming Yang

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Genomics Institute, Beijing 101300, China
    • ,
  • Chris Tyler-Smith

      Affiliations

    • The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK
    • ,
  • Yali Xue

      Affiliations

    • The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1223 834244; fax: +44 1223 491919.

Received 23 January 2007 ,Accepted 27 January 2007.

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PII: S1872-4973(07)00054-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.01.015

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 115-119 , June 2007

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