On the genetic uniqueness of the Ami aborigines of Formosa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 240-248

  Sewerin, Barbara ^a   Cuza, Francisco J ^a   Szmulewicz, Martin N ^a   Rowold, Diane J ^a   Bertrand Garcia, Ralph L ^b   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Austronesian expansion; PCR; Point mutations; Reverse dot blot; Taiwanese aborigines

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ABORIGINE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; TAIWAN;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036838733     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10127     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Batzer MA, Deininger PL. 1991. A human-specific subfamily of Alu sequences. Genomics 9:481-487.
2. Batzer MA, Stoneking M, Alegria-Hartman M, Bazan H, Kass DH, Shaikh TH, Novick GE, Ioannou PA, Scheer WD, Herrera RJ, Deininger PL. 1994. African origin of human-specific polymorphic Alu insertions. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91:12288-12292.
3. Bellwood P. 1990. Man's conquest of the Pacific. New York: Oxford University Press. p 19-23.
4. Brown R, Rowold D, Tahir M, Barna C, Duncan G, Herrera RJ. 2000. Distribution of the HLA-DQA1 and polymarker alleles in the Basque population of Spain. Forensic Sci Int 108:145-151.
5. Budowle B, Lindsey JA, DeCou JA, Koons BW, Giusti AM, Comay CT. 1995. Validation and population studies of the loci LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, and Gc (PM loci), and HLA-DQα using a multiplex amplification and typing procedures. J Forensic Sci 40:45-54.
6. Budowle B, Baechtel S, Fejeran R. 1998. Polymarker, HLA-DQA1, and D1S80 allele frequency data in Chamorro and Fillipino populations from Guam. J Forensic Sci 43:1195-1198.
7. Cann RL. 2001. Genetic clues to dispersal in human populations: retracing the past from the present. Science 291:1742-1748.
8. Cariolou MA, Manoli P, Christophorou M, Bashiardes E, Karagrigoriou A, Budowle B. 1998. Greek Cypriot allele and genotype frequencies for Amplitype PM-DQA1 and D1S80 loci. J Forensic Sci 43:661-664.
9. Cavalli-Sforza LL, Piazza A, Menozzi J, Montain J. 1988. Reconstruction of human evolution: bringing together genetic, archeological and linguistic data. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:6002-6006.
10. Cavalli-Sforza LL, Menozzi P, Piazza A. 1994. The history and geography of human genes. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
11. Chen KH, Cann H, Chen TC, van West B, Cavalli-Sforza L. 1985. Genetic markers of an aboriginal Taiwanese population. Am J Phys Anthropol 66:327-337.
12. Chu HL. 1997. An introduction to the indigenous culture of Taiwan. Tapei: Charity Printing Industrial Co. p 6-30.
13. Diamond JM. 2000. Taiwan's gift to the world. Nature 403:709-710.
14. Drobnic K, Regent A, Budowle B. 2000. The Slovenian population data on the PCR based loci HLA-DQA1, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, GC, and D1S80. J Forensic Sci 45:689-691.
15. Dulger HE, Tokdemir M. 2000. HLA-DQA1 and polymarker locus allele frequencies for Elazig/Turkey. J Forensic Sci 45:942.
16. Felsenstein J. 1989. PHYLIP phylogeny inference package (version 3.2). Cladistics 5:164-166.
17. Fildes N, Reynolds R, Ehrlich HA. 2002. HLA-DQA1 and polymarker procedure book. Foster City, CA: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
18. Garcia O, Martin P, Albarran C, Alonso A. 1994. Allele frequencies of HLA-DQA1, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, and Gc in the resident population of the Basque country. In: Mangin P, Ludes B, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Acta Medicinae Legalis, Springer Press. p 81-82.
19. Harpending HC, Ward RH. 1982. Chemical systematics and human populations. In: Nitecki M, editor. Biochemical aspects of evolutionary biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p 213-256.
20. Hayes JM, Budowle B, Freund M. 1995. Arab population data on the PCR-based loci: HLA-DQA1, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, Gc, and D1S80. J Forensic Sci 40:888-892.
21. Huang MC. 1964. Studies in the distribution of Rh blood types among various racial tribes in Formosa. Nippon Koigaku Zasshi [Jpn J Leg Med] 18:135-142.
22. Gγ, D7S8 and group-specific component. Hum Hered 45:34-40.
23. Ikemoto S, Ming CT, Haruyama N, Furumata T. 1966. Blood group frequencies in the Ami tribe (Formosa). Proc Jpn Acad 1942:173-177.
24. Jorquera H, Budowle B. 1998. Chilean population data of ten PCR-based loci. J Forensic Sci 43:171-173.
25. King Fairbank J, Goldman M. 1999. China: a new history. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p 337-338.
26. Klein HS. 1999. The Atlantic slave trade. New York: Cambridge University Press.
27. Knapp RG. 1980. China's island frontier: studies in the historical geography of Taiwan. Taipei: SMC Publishing, Inc.
28. Li CC. 1976. First course in population genetics. Pacific Grove, CA: Boxwood Press.
29. Lewontin RC, Felsenstein J. 1965. The robustness of homogeneity tests in 2 x N tables. Biometrics 21:19-33.
30. Melton T, Clifford S, Martinson J, Batzer M, Stoneking M. 1998. Genetic evidence for the proto-Austronesian homeland in Asia: mtDNA and nuclear DNA variation in Taiwanese aboriginal tribes. Am J Hum Genet 63:1807-1823.
31. Nakajima H, Ohkura K. 1971. The distribution of several serological and biological traits in East Asia, volume 3, the distribution of gamma globulin (Gm [1], Gm [2], Gm [5] and Inv [1]) and Gc groups in Taiwan and Ryukyu. Hum Hered 21:362-370.
32. Nakajima H, Ohkura K, Huang MC, Saito R, Seto T. 1971. The distribution of several serological and biochemical traits in East Asia, volume 4, the distribution of the blood groups in Taiwanese mountain aborigines. Jinrui Idengaku Zasshi [Jpn J Hum Genet] 16:57-68.
33. Novick GE, Novick CC, Yunis E, Mayolo PA, Scheer WD, Deininger PL, Stoneking M, York DS, Batzer MA, Herrera RJ. 1998. Polymorphic Alu insertions and the Asian origin of Native American populations. Hum Biol 70:23-39.
34. Pancorbo MM, Lopez-Martinez M, Martinez-Bouzas C, Castro A, Fernandez-Fernandez I, Antunez de Mayolo E, Antunez de Mayolo A, Antunez de Mayolo P, Rowold DJ, Herrera RJ. 2001. The Basques according to polymorphic Alu insertions. Hum Genet 109:224-233.
35. Relethford JH, Harpending HC. 1994. Craniometric variation, genetic theory, and modern human origins. Am J Phys Anthropol 95:249-270.
36. Ruhlen M. 1994. The origin of language: tracing the origin of the mother tongue. New York: John Wiley and Sons. p 177-180.
37. Schneider PM, Prager-Eherle M, Rittner C. 1991. Use of polymerase chain reaction of the HLA-DQ alpha system in forensic trace analysis [in German]. Arch Kriminol 188:167-174.
38. Scholl S. 1996. Navajo, Pueblo, and Sioux population data on the loci: HLA-DQA1, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, GC, and D1S80. J Forensic Sci 41:47-51.
39. Sokal RR, Sneath PHA. 1963. Principles of numerical taxonomy. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman Press.
40. Spinella A, Marsala P, Biondo R, Montagna P. 1997. Italian population allele and genotype frequencies for the AmpliType® PM and the HLA-DQ-alpha loci. J Forensic Sci 42:514-518.
41. Tahir MA, Balamurugan K, Tahir UA, Amjad M, Owan M, Chaudhary OR, Hamby JE, Budowle B, Herrera RJ. 2000. Allelic distribution of nine short tandem repeat (STR), HLA-DQA1, and polymarker loci in an Omani sample population. Forensic Sci Int 109:81-85.
42. Tishkoff SA, Pakstis AJ, Stoneking M, Kidd JR, Destro-Bisol G, Sanjantila A, Lu R-B, Deinard AS, Sirugo G, Jenkins T, Kidd KK. 2000. Short tandem-repeat polymorphism/Alu haplotype variation at the PLAT locus: implications for modern human origins. Am J Hum Genet 67:901-925.
43. Tsao F-F. 1994. Liguistic adjustment and social change. In: Huang PR, editor. Papers on the current language problems. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press. p 25-52.
44. Umetsu K, Yuasa I, Suzuki T, Cheih-Shan S, I-Hung P, Ishida T, Saitou N, Horai S. 1994. Polymorphisms of complement component I and C1R subcomponent of C1 in nine aboriginal Taiwanese populations. Hum Biol 66:339-348.
45. Walkinshaw M, Strickland L, Hamilton H, Denning K, Gayley T. 1996. DNA profiling in two Alaskan Native populations using HLA-DQA1, PM and D1S80 loci. J Forensic Sci 41:478-484.
46. Weir BS. 1996. Genetic data analysis II. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, Inc. p 98-101.
47. Woo KM, Budowle B. 1995. Korean population data on the PCR-based loci LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, Gc, HLA-DQA1, and D1S80. J Forensic Sci 40:645-648.