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Mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome suggest the settlement of Madagascar by Indonesian sea nomad populations.
BMC genomics - 17 Mar 2015
Kusuma Pradiptajati, Cox Murray P, Pierron Denis, Razafindrazaka Harilanto, Brucato Nicolas, Tonasso Laure, Suryadi Helena Loa, Letellier Thierry, Sudoyo Herawati, Ricaut François-Xavier
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BACKGROUND: Linguistic, cultural and genetic characteristics of the Malagasy suggest that both Africans and Island Southeast Asians were involved in the colonization of Madagascar. Populations from the Indonesian archipelago played an especially important role because linguistic evidence suggests that the Malagasy language branches from the Southeast Barito language family of southern Borneo, Indonesia, with the...
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