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Genetic and linguistic coevolution in Northern Island Melanesia.

PLoS genetics - 1 Oct 2008

Hunley Keith, Dunn Michael, Lindström Eva, Reesink Ger, Terrill Angela, Healy Meghan E, Koki George, Friedlaender Françoise R, Friedlaender Jonathan S

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Recent studies have detailed a remarkable degree of genetic and linguistic diversity in Northern Island Melanesia. Here we utilize that diversity to examine two models of genetic and linguistic coevolution. The first model predicts that genetic and linguistic correspondences formed following population splits and isolation at the time of early range expansions into the region. The second is analogous to the...

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PMID: 18974871
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000239
PMCID: PMC2570610

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