Reconstructing the ancestral gene pool to uncover the origins and genetic links of Hmong-Mien speakers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hmong-Mien (HM) speakers are linguistically related and live primarily in China, but little is known about their ancestral origins or the evolutionary mechanism shaping their genomic diversity. In particular, the lack of whole-genome sequencing data on the Yao population has prevented a full investigation of the origins and evolutionary history of HM speakers. As such, their origins are debatable.

Results

Here, we made a deep sequencing effort of 80 Yao genomes, and our analysis together with 28 East Asian populations and 968 ancient Asian genomes suggested that there is a strong genetic basis for the formation of the HM language family. We estimated that the most recent common ancestor dates to 5800 years ago, while the genetic divergence between the HM and Tai-K

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10935854 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature