About this Research Topic
Asia is the world's largest and most geographically and ethnolinguistically diverse continent. There are 13, 294, 1240, 663, and 87 languages spoken in Central Asia, Eastern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, and Western Asia, respectively. Those various ethnolinguistic groups inhabit in differences on geography and climatic extreme. Such linguistic and geographic diversifications would be correlated with genetic variation of human populations.
In recent years, not only data from contemporary human populations are valuable to provide more insight into population structure and demographic history, but ancient DNA data have had also a large impact on inferring Asian history. So far, several previous human population genetic studies reported on genetic variation of Asian populations, since there is an enormous diversity of modern human populations in Asia, abundant present-day populations and numerous human remains have been left for investigation.
The development of advanced sequencing technologies has enabled the processing, decoding and genotyping of genetic materials from both modern and ancient DNA samples. For example, next-generation sequencing and microarray technologies are progressing continuously, enabling the identification of basic genetic markers too. Moreover, Short Tandem Repeat genotyping is now capable of providing an unprecedented view of population structure, with overlapping advantages in the forensic field.
This research topic welcomes Original Research, Brief Research Report, and Review papers on modern and ancient genetic variation and ancestry in Asia using various kinds of markers, mtDNA, Y chromosome, forensic STRs, InDels, and GWAS data, for instance.
In recent years, not only data from contemporary human populations are valuable to provide more insight into population structure and demographic history, but ancient DNA data have had also a large impact on inferring Asian history. So far, several previous human population genetic studies reported on genetic variation of Asian populations, since there is an enormous diversity of modern human populations in Asia, abundant present-day populations and numerous human remains have been left for investigation.
The development of advanced sequencing technologies has enabled the processing, decoding and genotyping of genetic materials from both modern and ancient DNA samples. For example, next-generation sequencing and microarray technologies are progressing continuously, enabling the identification of basic genetic markers too. Moreover, Short Tandem Repeat genotyping is now capable of providing an unprecedented view of population structure, with overlapping advantages in the forensic field.
This research topic welcomes Original Research, Brief Research Report, and Review papers on modern and ancient genetic variation and ancestry in Asia using various kinds of markers, mtDNA, Y chromosome, forensic STRs, InDels, and GWAS data, for instance.
Keywords: Asia, SNPs, mtDNA, Y chromosome, STRs, GWAS, sequencing, genotyping
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