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Genetic structure in the Sherpa and neighboring Nepalese populations

Amy M. Cole, Sean Cox, Choongwon Jeong, Nayia Petousi, Dhana R. Aryal, Yunden Droma, Masayuki Hanaoka, Masao Ôta, Nobumitsu Kobayashi, Paolo Gasparini, Hugh Montgomery, Peter A. Robbins, Anna Di Rienzo, Gianpiero L. Cavalleri

BMC Genomics · 2017

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Summary

We show that populations dwelling on the Himalayan plateau have had a clear impact on the Northern Indian gene pool. We illustrate how the Sherpa are a remarkably isolated population, with little gene flow from surrounding Nepalese populations.

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1186/s12864-016-3469-5
Catalogue ID
BFmoakvpzf-a80um2
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