Genetic polymorphisms of 12 X STR loci in Shaanxi Han population from China

Shaanxi province is located in northwest of China. In ancient times Shaanxi was the eastern end of the ancient Silk Road [1], which should have an ethnic structure of a mixture with the population from West Asia, North Africa and Europe. Most population of north Shaanxi are descendants of the Huns [2]. So it will be quite interesting and important to collect the data of Han population in Shaanxi of China. Blood samples of 518 unrelated individuals (312 males and 206 females) from Shaanxi were typed.

Source: Legal Medicine - January 20, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Mao Sun, YunTao Zhang, XiaoNan Zhang, ShanMin Fu, YuanMing Wu Source Type: research