Genomics Inform.  2012 Sep;10(3):133-144. 10.5808/GI.2012.10.3.133.

Human Population Admixture in Asia

• Xu S

• KMID: 1806242
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5808/GI.2012.10.3.133

Abstract

Genetic admixture in human, the result of inter-marriage among people from different well-differentiated populations, has been extensively studied in the New World, where European colonization brought contact between peoples of Europe, Africa, and Asia and the Amerindian populations. In Asia, genetic admixing has been also prevalent among previously separated human populations. However, studies on admixed populations in Asia have been largely underrepresented in similar efforts in the New World. Here, I will provide an overview of population genomic studies that have been published to date on human admixture in Asia, focusing on population structure and population history.

Keyword

admixture mapping; genetic admixture; local adaptation; population structure

MeSH Terms

Africa
Asia
Colon
Europe
Humans
Metagenomics