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Mitochondrial DNA variations in Austronesian-speaking populations living in the New Georgia Islands, the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2018
Issiki Mariko, Naka Izumi, Kimura Ryosuke, Furusawa Takuro, Natsuhara Kazumi, Yamauchi Taro, Nakazawa Minato, Ishida Takafumi, Ohtsuka Ryutaro, Ohashi Jun
Abstract excerpt
Modern Austronesian (AN)-speaking Melanesians are considered to be derived from the admixture of indigenous non-Austronesian (NAN)-speaking people and AN-speaking people from Southeast Asia. In this study, we analyzed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variations in the D-loop region for two AN-speaking Melanesian populations (Munda and Kusaghe) and an AN-speaking Micronesian population (Rawaki) in the New Georgia...
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