Bing Su

TL;DR: This study reports the frequencies of 23 Y-chromosome biallelic polymorphism haplotypes in 1,935 men from 49 Eurasian populations, with a particular focus on Central Asia.

TL;DR: This pattern indicates that the first settlement of modern humans in eastern Asia occurred in mainland Southeast Asia during the last Ice Age, coinciding with the absence of human fossils in easternAsia, 50,000-100,000 years ago.

TL;DR: It is shown, by systematically analysing Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA variation in Han populations, that the pattern of the southward expansion of Han culture is consistent with the demic diffusion model, and that males played a larger role than females in this expansion.

TL;DR: Analysis of genome-wide sequence variations in Tibetans indicates strong signals of selective sweep in two hypoxia-related genes, EPAS1 and EGLN1, and suggests that during the long-term occupation of high-altitude areas, the functional sequence variations for acquiring biological adaptation to high-Altitude Hypoxia have been enriched in Tibetan populations.

TL;DR: High-quality draft genome sequences from two macaque species, the cynomolgus/crab-eating macaque and the Chinese rhesus macaque, are presented and several putatively dysfunctional genetic differences are identified, which may explain functional differences between them previously observed in clinical studies.