Analysis of ancient human mitochondrial DNA from the Xiaohe cemetery: insights into prehistoric population movements in the Tarim Basin, China

Chunxiang Li, Chao Ning, Erika Hagelberg et al., 2015. BMC Genetics 16: 78.

Mitochondrial DNA from Xiaohe burials of 4000-3500 years ago: West Eurasian lineages (H, K, U5, U7, U2e, T, R*), East Eurasian lineages (B, C4, C5, D, G2a) and the Indian lineage M5, read as a diverse maternal ancestry with sources in Europe, Siberia and southern and western Asia.

Tarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)Articledoi: 10.1186/s12863-015-0237-5Checked against the original0

What it's used for here

Uniparental data across the cemetery's layers; also the source of the reusable cemetery photographs.

Cited by on this site 2 records

Maternal lineages traced to Europe, Siberia and South Asia were read as admixture.

Evidence

EVD

The Tarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)

The mystery article

MYS

Cite it

Li, C., Ning, C., Hagelberg, E., Li, H., Zhao, Y., Li, W., Abuduresule, I., & Zhu, H. (2015). Analysis of ancient human mitochondrial DNA from the Xiaohe cemetery: insights into prehistoric population movements in the Tarim Basin, China. BMC Genetics 16: 78. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-015-0237-5

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  title = {Analysis of ancient human mitochondrial DNA from the Xiaohe cemetery: insights into prehistoric population movements in the Tarim Basin, China},
  journal = {BMC Genetics 16: 78},
  year = {2015},
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Li, Chunxiang et al.. “Analysis of ancient human mitochondrial DNA from the Xiaohe cemetery: insights into prehistoric population movements in the Tarim Basin, China.” BMC Genetics 16: 78 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-015-0237-5.