“…Iran showed a pattern of assignment similar to that of the Japanese admixture in nuclear markers between endemic and Chinese populations, potentially explaining why it was not possible to disentangle China and Japan as putative sources. In line with our results, a recent study (Ganjali et al 2020), based on two mtDNA markers, identified three Iranian matrilineal haplotypes belonging to two distinct lineages, an older Japanese lineage and a Chinese lineage, corresponding to a recent natural dispersal from Azerbaijan. They also highlighted an admixture of highly divergent Japanese and Chinese lineages (Hardouin et al 2018).…”