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Fine-Scale Genetic Structure and Demographic History in the Miyako Islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago.
Molecular biology and evolution - 4 May 2021
Matsunami Masatoshi, Koganebuchi Kae, Imamura Minako, Ishida Hajime, Kimura Ryosuke, Maeda Shiro
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The Ryukyu Archipelago is located in the southwest of the Japanese islands and is composed of dozens of islands, grouped into the Miyako Islands, Yaeyama Islands, and Okinawa Islands. Based on the results of principal component analysis on genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms, genetic differentiation was observed among the island groups of the Ryukyu Archipelago. However, a detailed population structure...
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