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Northward genetic penetration across the Himalayas viewed from Sherpa people
Longli Kang1, Chuan-Chao Wang2, Feng Chen1
1a Key Laboratory of High Altitude Environment and Gene Related to Disease of Tibet , Ministry of Education, Tibet University for Nationalities , Xianyang , Shaanxi , China and.
Abstract:
The Himalayas have been suggested as a natural barrier for human migrations, especially the northward dispersals from the Indian Subcontinent to Tibetan Plateau. However, although the majority of Sherpa have a Tibeto-Burman origin, considerable genetic components from Indian Subcontinent have been observed in Sherpa people living in Tibet. The western Y chromosomal haplogroups R1a1a-M17, J-M304, and F*-M89 comprise almost 17% of Sherpa paternal gene pool. In the maternal side, M5c2, M21d, and U from the west also count up to 8% of Sherpa people. Those lineages with South Asian origin indicate that the Himalayas have been permeable to bidirectional gene flow.
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