Craniometric variation of the Ainu: An assessment of differential gene flow from northeast Asia into northern Japan, Hokkaido

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-293

  Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^a   Yoshida, Kohzo ^b   Ishida, Hajime ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Admixture; Jomon; Okhotsk culture people; Population structure; Simulative study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; FAR EAST; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, GENETIC; SKULL;

EID: 55949128252     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20869     Document Type: Article

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