Cultural variation impacts paternal and maternal genetic lineages of the Hmong-Mien and Sino-Tibetan groups from Thailand

• Published in: European journal of human genetics : EJHG Vol. 28; no. 11; pp. 1563 - 1579
• Main Authors: Kutanan, Wibhu, Shoocongdej, Rasmi, Srikummool, Metawee, Hübner, Alexander, Suttipai, Thanatip, Srithawong, Suparat, Kampuansai, Jatupol, Stoneking, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.11.2020; Springer International Publishing
• Subjects: Biological anthropology; Genetics; Hmong people; Human genetics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Life Sciences; Mitochondrial DNA; Populations and Evolution; Thailand

The Hmong-Mien (HM) and Sino-Tibetan (ST) speaking groups are known as hill tribes in Thailand; they were the subject of the first studies to show an impact of patrilocality vs. matrilocality on patterns of mitochondrial (mt) DNA vs. male-specific portion of the Y chromosome (MSY) variation. However...