Revisiting the peopling of Japan: An admixture perspective

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 349-354

  Rasteiro, Rita ^a   Chikhi, Lounès ^a,b  

^a Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência ^*  (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Admixture; Japan; Jomon; Neolithic; Y chromosome; Yayoi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 67650819338     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.39     Document Type: Article

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