Melanesian and Asian origins of Polynesians: mtDNA and Y chromosome gradients across the Pacific

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2234-2244

  Kayser, Manfred ^a,b   Brauer, Silke ^a,b,c   Cordaux, Richard ^d   Casto, Amanda ^a   Lao, Oscar ^b,c   Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^e   Moyse Faurie, Claire ^f   Rutledge, Robb B ^g   Schiefenhoevel, Wulf ^h   Gil, David ^a   Lin, Alice A ⁱ   Underhill, Peter A ⁱ   Oefner, Peter J ^j   Trent, Ronald J ^k   Stoneking, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^k ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Genetic origins; Human population history; mtDNA; Polynesia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FIJI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLYNESIA; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOW BOAT HYPOTHESIS; SOCIETY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA; TIME;

EID: 33749648812     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl093     Document Type: Article

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