Uniparental Genetic Analyses Reveal the Major Origin of Fujian Tanka from Ancient Indigenous Daic Populations

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ID8960664
AuthorsXiaoqin Luo (0000-0002-3572-3909, Fudan University, corresponding author), Luo Luo, Panxin Du (0000-0002-0833-9514, Fudan University), Du Du (0000-0002-1352-698X), Ling-Xiang Wang (Fudan University), Wang Wang (0000-0002-1637-677X), Boyan Zhou (0000-0001-7067-4578, Fudan University), Zhou Zhou (0000-0001-9906-8889), Yuchun Li (0009-0008-7439-0650, Kunming Institute of Zoology), Li Li (0000-0001-9700-9682), Hongxiang Zheng (0000-0002-7702-898X, Fudan University), Zheng Zheng (0000-0003-1284-9143), Lan-Hai Wei (0000-0003-3119-7400, Xiamen University), Wei Wei (0000-0003-1852-2811), Junjian Liu (0000-0002-3052-3799, China Pharmaceutical University), Liu Liu (0000-0002-3651-544X), Chang Sun (0000-0002-2425-9485, Fudan University), Sun Sun (0000-0001-5948-3025), Hailiang Meng (0000-0002-5948-9248, Fudan University), Meng Meng (0000-0002-3162-1833), Jingze Tan (0009-0000-4447-8653, Fudan University), Tan Tan (0000-0002-3374-8299), Wenjing Su (0000-0002-8238-3118, Fuzhou University), Su Su (0000-0002-8582-795X), Shaoqing Wen (0000-0003-1223-4720, Fudan University), Wen Wen (0000-0002-8086-6386), Hui Li (0000-0001-9355-1116, Fudan University)
Year2019
Volume91
Issue4
Pages257-257
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7143 • E-ISSN: 1534-6617
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.13110/humanbiology.91.4.05
PMID32767896
OpenAlexW3035923256
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

The Fujian Tanka people are officially classified as a southern Han ethnic group, whereas they have customs similar to Daic and Austronesion people. Whether they originated in Han or Daic people, there is no consensus. Three hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of this group: (1) the Han Chinese origin, (2) the ancient Daic origin, (3) and the admixture between Daic and Han. This study addressed this issue by analyzing the paternal Y chromosome and maternal mtDNA variation of 62 Fujian Tanka and 25 neighboring Han in Fujian. The southern East Asian predominant haplogroups (e.g., Y-chromosome O1a1a-P203 and O1b1a1a-M95, and mtDNA F2a, M7c1, and F1a1) had relatively high frequencies in Tanka. The interpopulation comparison revealed that the Tanka have a closer affinity with Daic populations than with Han Chinese in paternal lineages but are closely clustered with southern Han populations such as Hakka and Chaoshanese in maternal lineages. Network and haplotype-sharing analyses also support the admixture hypothesis. The Fujian Tanka mainly originate from the ancient indigenous Daic people and have only limited gene flows from Han Chinese populations. Notably, the divergence time inferred by the Tanka-specific haplotypes indicates that the formation of Fujian Tanka was a least 1033.8-1050.6 years before present (the early Northern Song dynasty), indicating that they are an indigenous population, not late Daic migrants from southwestern China

Allele · Archaeology · Biology · China · Ethnology · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Genotype · Geography · Han chinese · Haplogroup · Haplotype · Indigenous · Population · Single-nucleotide polymorphism · Demography · Ecology · Forensic and Genetic Research · Genetic diversity and population structure · Genetics · History · Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications

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