SHI Hong , , LI Yi , , LUO Hong, JI Xue-ping, SU Bing , *. The Genetic Study on the Patrilineal and Matrilineal Origin of the Bo People in Yunnan. Zoological Research, 2006, 27(5): 449-455.
Citation:
SHI Hong , , LI Yi , , LUO Hong, JI Xue-ping, SU Bing , *. The Genetic Study on the Patrilineal and Matrilineal Origin of the Bo People in Yunnan. Zoological Research, 2006, 27(5): 449-455.
SHI Hong , , LI Yi , , LUO Hong, JI Xue-ping, SU Bing , *. The Genetic Study on the Patrilineal and Matrilineal Origin of the Bo People in Yunnan. Zoological Research, 2006, 27(5): 449-455.
Citation:
SHI Hong , , LI Yi , , LUO Hong, JI Xue-ping, SU Bing , *. The Genetic Study on the Patrilineal and Matrilineal Origin of the Bo People in Yunnan. Zoological Research, 2006, 27(5): 449-455.
1. Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; 2. Kunming Primate Research Center, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; 3. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 4. Yunan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Kunming 650118, China; 5. Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Qujing Normal Univesity, Qujing 655065, China
The Y chromosome and mtDNA from 32 male samples of Bo people were typed. The results showed that the Bo people originated from the south of China possessing the dominant patrilineal and matrilineal haplotypes that are prevalent in the southern East Asian populations. The multidimensional scaling analysis on the Bo people's hapoltypes, combined with published Y chromosome and mtDNA data from East Asian populations, demonstrated that the Bo people are genetically closer to the southern populations than to the northern. This indicates that the Bo people are descendants of a southern China origin population, which is consistent with archeological evidence. The genetic dissection of the Bo people sheds new light on the origin and dispersion of the prehistoric "cliff coffin" culture.