Wee Joseph, Ha Tam Cam, Loong Susan, Qian Chao-Nan
Chin J Cancer. 2012 Sep;31(9):455-6. doi: 10.5732/cjc.012.10192. Epub 2012 Aug 28.
Populations in Southern China (Bai-yue) and Borneo (Bidayuh) with high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer(NPC) share similar mitochondrial DNA signatures, supporting the hypothesis that these two populations may share the same genetic predisposition for NPC, which may have first appeared in a common ancestral reference population before the sea levels rose after the last ice age.
中国南方(百越)和婆罗洲(比达友族)鼻咽癌(NPC)发病率高的人群具有相似的线粒体DNA特征,这支持了这样一种假设,即这两个人群可能对鼻咽癌具有相同的遗传易感性,这种易感性可能在末次冰期后海平面上升之前就已出现在一个共同的祖先参考人群中。