Y-Chromosome Evidence for a Northward Migration of Modern Humans into Eastern Asia during the Last Ice Age

Bing Su, Junhua Xiao,Peter Underhill,Ranjan Deka, Weiling Zhang, Joshua Akey, Wei Huang, Di Shen, Daru Lu, Jingchun Luo,2 Jiayou Chu,Jiazhen Tan, Peidong Shen, Ron Davis,Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Ranajit Chakraborty, Momiao Xiong, Ruofu Du, Peter Oefner,Zhu Chen, and Li Jin

Human Genetics Center, University of Texas-Houston, Houston; Morgan-Tan International Center for Life Sciences and Institute of Genetics, Fudan University, National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, and Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai; Department of Genetics, Stanford University, and Stanford DNA Sequencing and Technology Center, Palo Alto; Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; Institute of Medical Biology, The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China; and Institute of Genetics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Address for correspondence and reprints: Dr. Li Jin, Human Genetics Center, University of Texas-Houston, 6901 Bertner, Houston, TX 77030.