Rachel Yan/Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai's Fudan University has been selected to play a major role in an international project designed to track the history of human migration through DNA samples.
Fudan will collect DNA from 20,000 people in China and also coordinate sampling from neighboring countries, the university said yesterday.
The program is being run by the US-based National Geographic Society, the world's largest scientific and educational organization.
Project managers plan to collect, analyze and study 100,000 DNA samples from indigenous people from around the world over the next five years to trace thousands of years of human evolution and migration.
Fudan's school of life sciences was selected as one of the project's 10 world research centers. It will take charge of the DNA sample collection and analysis in east and southeast Asia.
"It's a big honor for Fudan to become involved in such a significant project, which will help us develop detailed migration routes on early humans and paint a picture of the genetic tapestry that connects us all," said Jin Li, dean of Fudan's school of life sciences.
Fudan will send researchers throughout China to collect DNA samples from the country's 56 ethnic groups. The genetic material will be extracted by swabbing the inside of a subject's mouth.
Backed by a budget of US$40 million, the project is sponsored by the Waitt Family Foundation and IBM Corp.
Others who are interested in participating can buy a DNA sampling kit for US$99.95.
Those who submit a sample for analysis will receive a report on their ancestral origins. The revenue collected from the kits will be used for future research.