Ascertaining the role of Taiwan as a source for the Austronesian expansion

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 551-564

  Mirabal, Sheyla ^a,b   Cadenas, Alicia M ^b   Garcia Bertrand, Ralph ^c   Herrera, Rene J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Austronesian expansion; Taiwanese aborigines; YSTRs

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHINA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDONESIA; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; TAIWAN; TONGA;

EID: 84875234187     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22226     Document Type: Article

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