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Population History of East Asia Unveiled in Genomic Study

Feb 22, 2021
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NEW YORK – By analyzing genetic data from ancient and present-day East Asians, researchers have begun to piece together the region's deep population history. 

The genetic diversity and population history of East Asia, which was a site of early plant and animal domestication, is not well understood, in part due to limited sampling of present-day individuals and a lack of ancient DNA samples.

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