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Demographic history of Oceania inferred from genome-wide data.
Current biology : CB - 23 Nov 2010
Wollstein Andreas, Lao Oscar, Becker Christian, Brauer Silke, Trent Ronald J, Nürnberg Peter, Stoneking Mark, Kayser Manfred
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BACKGROUND: The human history of Oceania comprises two extremes: the initial colonizations of Near Oceania, one of the oldest out-of-Africa migrations, and of Remote Oceania, the most recent expansion into unoccupied territories. Genetic studies, mostly using uniparentally inherited DNA, have shed some light on human origins in Oceania, particularly indicating that Polynesians are of mixed East Asian and Near...
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