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The dual origin of the Malagasy in Island Southeast Asia and East Africa: evidence from maternal and paternal lineages.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2005
Hurles Matthew E, Sykes Bryan C, Jobling Mark A, Forster Peter
Abstract excerpt
Linguistic and archaeological evidence about the origins of the Malagasy, the indigenous peoples of Madagascar, points to mixed African and Indonesian ancestry. By contrast, genetic evidence about the origins of the Malagasy has hitherto remained partial and imprecise. We defined 26 Y-chromosomal lineages by typing 44 Y-chromosomal polymorphisms in 362 males from four different ethnic groups from Madagascar and...
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