Admixture patterns and genetic differentiation in negrito groups from West Malaysia estimated from genome-wide SNP data.

Abstract excerpt

Southeast Asia houses various culturally and linguistically diverse ethnic groups. In Malaysia, where the Malay, Chinese, and Indian ethnic groups form the majority, there exist minority groups such as the "negritos" who are believed to be descendants of the earliest settlers of Southeast Asia. Here we report patterns of genetic substructure and admixture in two Malaysian negrito populations (Jehai and Kensiu),...

Topics

• Asian People
• Evolution, Molecular
• Genetic Drift
• Genetic Structures
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Genome-Wide Association Study
• Genotype
• Haplotypes
• Humans
• Malaysia