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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The genetic origins of the Andaman Islanders |
Author: | Endicott, P. Gilbert, M. Stringer, C. Willerslev, E. Lalueza-Fox, C. Hansen, A. Cooper, A. |
Citation: | American Journal of Human Genetics, 2003; 72(1):178-184 |
Publisher: | Univ Chicago Press |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
ISSN: | 0002-9297 1537-6605 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Phillip Endicott, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Chris Stringer, Carles Lalueza‐Fox, Eske Willerslev, Anders J. Hansen, and Alan Cooper |
Abstract: | Mitochondrial sequences were retrieved from museum specimens of the enigmatic Andaman Islanders to analyze their evolutionary history. D-loop and protein-coding data reveal that phenotypic similarities with African pygmoid groups are convergent. Genetic and epigenetic data are interpreted as favoring the long-term isolation of the Andamanese, extensive population substructure, and/or two temporally distinct settlements. An early colonization featured populations bearing mtDNA lineage M2, and this lineage is hypothesized to represent the phylogenetic signal of an early southern movement of humans through Asia. The results demonstrate that Victorian anthropological collections can be used to study extinct, or seriously admixed populations, to provide new data about early human origins. |
Keywords: | Humans DNA, Mitochondrial Anthropology Emigration and Immigration Phylogeny Haplotypes Time Factors Museums Molecular Sequence Data Asia Asia, Southeastern India |
Description: | © 2003 by The American Society of Human Genetics. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1086/345487 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/345487 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications Environment Institute Leaders publications |
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