Gene Expression Front Page February 27, 2003 Ikram Saeed asks: I would agree that China is less diverse than India, but it is still extremely diverse. And south China is the most distinct region of all, with several unintelligible "chinese" languages. Are Chinese emigrants disproportionately from the south? US and Canadian Chinese populations arise largely from southern China. The only country I know of which has Chinese residents originating from many parts of China is Taiwan. But this is blog is best when it is quantitive. What is the genetic similarity between northern, southern, and inland residents of China? Compare with India? On north Chinese vs. south Chinese, Ikram is of course correct that the "dialects" of the south are languages by another name (while the "languages" of Scandanavia are dialects by another name). But , for the lay person, Ikram forgets to mention that all Chinese (Han, Zhongguo-Ren, Huaren, whatever) share a common written language, ergo As for the genetics, this is a complex question (speaking of complex, some ). Joanna Mountain, working with Cavalli-Sforza, has done work that | |
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