Evolutionary history and biological adaptation of Han Chinese people on the Mongolian Plateau (IMAGE)

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Evolutionary history and biological adaptation of Han Chinese people on the Mongolian Plateau

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Demographic history reconstruction suggested that additional gene flow from Altaic people influenced the northernmost Han Chinese population. Complex biological adaptation signatures associated with metabolic biological functions were identified. The evolutionary trajectory of metabolic-adaptive genes suggested that diet shifts associated with agriculture have promoted rapid biological adaptation.

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Guanglin He, Institute of Rare Diseases, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan University

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