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Malagasy Genetic Ancestry Comes from an Historical Malay Trading Post in Southeast Borneo.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2016
Brucato Nicolas, Kusuma Pradiptajati, Cox Murray P, Pierron Denis, Purnomo Gludhug A, Adelaar Alexander, Kivisild Toomas, Letellier Thierry, Sudoyo Herawati, Ricaut François-Xavier
Abstract excerpt
Malagasy genetic diversity results from an exceptional protoglobalization process that took place over a thousand years ago across the Indian Ocean. Previous efforts to locate the Asian origin of Malagasy highlighted Borneo broadly as a potential source, but so far no firm source populations were identified. Here, we have generated genome-wide data from two Southeast Borneo populations, the Banjar and the Ngaju,...
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