TY - JOUR AU - Li, Chunxiang AU - Ning, Chao AU - Hagelberg, Erika AU - Li, Hongjie AU - Zhao, Yongbin AU - Li, Wenying AU - Abuduresule, Idelisi AU - Zhu, Hong AU - Zhou, Hui PY - 2015 DA - 2015/07/08 TI - Analysis of ancient human mitochondrial DNA from the Xiaohe cemetery: insights into prehistoric population movements in the Tarim Basin, China JO - BMC Genetics SP - 78 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The Tarim Basin in western China, known for its amazingly well-preserved mummies, has been for thousands of years an important crossroad between the eastern and western parts of Eurasia. Despite its key position in communications and migration, and highly diverse peoples, languages and cultures, its prehistory is poorly understood. To shed light on the origin of the populations of the Tarim Basin, we analysed mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in human skeletal remains excavated from the Xiaohe cemetery, used by the local community between 4000 and 3500 years before present, and possibly representing some of the earliest settlers. SN - 1471-2156 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-015-0237-5 DO - 10.1186/s12863-015-0237-5 ID - Li2015 ER -