Genetic polymorphisms of 20 STR loci in a Chaoshan group from Jieyang, China

Guangdong population has three major groups, Canton, Chaoshan, and Hakka. Jieyang Han population belongs to Chaoshan group. Jieyang is located in southeastern Guangdong Province and faces the South China Sea to the south, borders Meizhou to the north, Chaozhou and Shantou to the east, and Shanwei to the west (Fig.S1). Jieyang is the birthplace of the Chaoshan culture and one of the most densely populated areas in Guangdong Province with a population of approximately 6.739 million (2012 census, www.stats.gov.cn).

Source: Legal Medicine - October 1, 2018 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Enping Huang, Tianshan Guan, Li Li, Pingping Xia, Zhiyong Peng, Chunlei Feng, Ling Chen Source Type: research