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Genome-wide SNP data of Izumo and Makurazaki populations support inner-dual structure model for origin of Yamato people.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2021
Jinam Timothy, Kawai Yosuke, Kamatani Yoichiro, Sonoda Shunro, Makisumi Kanro, Sameshima Hideya, Tokunaga Katsushi, Saitou Naruya
Abstract excerpt
The "Dual Structure" model on the formation of the modern Japanese population assumes that the indigenous hunter-gathering population (symbolized as Jomon people) admixed with rice-farming population (symbolized as Yayoi people) who migrated from the Asian continent after the Yayoi period started. The Jomon component remained high both in Ainu and Okinawa people who mainly reside in northern and southern Japan,...
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