Genetic structure of the Mon-Khmer speaking groups and their affinity to the neighbouring Tai populations in Northern Thailand

• Main Authors: Wibhu Kutanan, Jatupol Kampuansai, Silvia Fuselli, Supaporn Nakbunlung, Mark Seielstad, Giorgio Bertorelle, Daoroong Kangwanpong
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79958770851&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/49707
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: The Mon-Khmer speaking peoples inhabited northern Thailand before the arrival of the Tai speaking people from southern China in the thirteenth century A.D. Historical and anthropological evidence suggests a close relationship between the Mon-Khmer groups and the present day majority nort...