Increased Y-chromosome resolution of haplogroup O suggests genetic ties between the Ami aborigines of Taiwan and the Polynesian Islands of Samoa and Tonga

Gene

Volumn 492, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 339-348

  Mirabal, Sheyla ^a   Herrera, Kristian J ^a   Gayden, Tenzin ^a   Regueiro, Maria ^a   Underhill, Peter A ^b   Garcia Bertrand, Ralph L ^c   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ami; Austronesian expansion; Phylogenetics; Polynesia; Y chromosome; Y STRs

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DNA ISOLATION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANESIA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMOAN ISLANDS; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; TONGA; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SAMOA; TAIWAN; TONGA;

EID: 84655176450     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.042     Document Type: Article

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