1.5 million chinese 'descendants of one man'

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	1.5 million chinese 'descendants of one man'

adamc

11-1-2005 10:15 PM

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china, mongolia, giocanagga, qing dynasty, chris tyler-smith, wellcome trust sanger institute

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<b>Research into an unusually high prevalence of a particular set of
genes in China has suggested that 1.5 million Chinese men are direct
descendants of Giocangga, the grandfather of the founder of the Qing
dynasty.</b>
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