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Tracing the legacy of the early Hainan Islanders--a perspective from mitochondrial DNA.
BMC evolutionary biology - 15 Feb 2011
Peng Min-Sheng, He Jun-Dong, Liu Hai-Xin, Zhang Ya-Ping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hainan Island is located around the conjunction of East Asia and Southeast Asia, and during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was connected with the mainland. This provided an opportunity for the colonization of Hainan Island by modern human in the Upper Pleistocene. Whether the ancient dispersal left any footprints in the contemporary gene pool of Hainan islanders is debatable. RESULTS: We collected...
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