The impact of the Austronesian expansion: Evidence from mtDNA and Y chromosome diversity in the Admiralty Islands of melanesia

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1362-1374

  Kayser, Manfred ^a   Choi, Ying ^a   Van Oven, Mannis ^a   Mona, Stefano ^b   Brauer, Silke ^a,c   Trent, Ronald J ^d   Suarkia, Dagwin ^e   Schiefenhövel, Wulf ^f   Stoneking, Mark ^g  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Admiralty Islands; Austronesian expansion; mtDNA; New Guinea; Polynesia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYNESIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MELANESIA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 45849136272     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn078     Document Type: Article

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