Study of 8,200 Chinese from north and south shows .3% variation
(NEWSER) - A massive gene study of ethnic Chinese in the north and south of the country has revealed key divergences that correspond to dialect groups and could account for some hereditary diseases. The study of 8,200 people from 10 provinces and Singapore found significant variation in .3% of the genome, with possible links to a genetic predisposition to maladies like nasopharyngeal cancer, prevalent in the south but not in the north. More»
