Polynesian origins: Insights from the Y chromosome
Bing Su, Li Jin, Peter Underbill, Jeremy Martinson, Nilmani Saha, Stephen T. McGarvey, Mark D. Shriver, Jiayou Chu, Peter Oefner, Ranajit Chakraborty, Ranjan Deka
The question surrounding the colonization of Polynesia has remained controversial. Two hypotheses, one postulating Taiwan as the putative homeland and the other asserting a Melanesian origin of the Polynesian people, have received considerable attention. In this work, we present haplotype data based on the distribution of 19 biallelic polymorphisms on the Y chromosome in a sample of 551 male individuals from 36 populations living in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. Surprisingly, nearly none of the Taiwanese Y haplotypes were found in Micronesia and Polynesia. Likewise, a Melanesian-specific haplotype was not found among the Polynesians. However, all of the Polynesian, Micronesian, and Taiwanese haplotypes are present in the extant Southeast Asian populations. Evidently, the Y-chromosome data do not lend support to either of the prevailing hypotheses. Rather, we postulate that Southeast Asia provided a genetic source for two independent migrations, one toward Taiwan and the other toward Polynesia through island Southeast Asia.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.97.15.8225
Published - Jul 18 2000
10.1073/pnas.97.15.8225
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Y Chromosome Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Southeastern Asia Medicine & Life Sciences 77%
Haplotypes Medicine & Life Sciences 77%
Polynesia Medicine & Life Sciences 65%
Taiwan Medicine & Life Sciences 61%
Pacific Islands Medicine & Life Sciences 60%
Melanesia Medicine & Life Sciences 33%
Islands Medicine & Life Sciences 22%
Su, B., Jin, L., Underbill, P., Martinson, J., Saha, N., McGarvey, S. T., Shriver, M. D., Chu, J., Oefner, P., Chakraborty, R., & Deka, R. (2000). Polynesian origins: Insights from the Y chromosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97(15), 8225-8228. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.97.15.8225
Su, Bing ; Jin, Li ; Underbill, Peter ; Martinson, Jeremy ; Saha, Nilmani ; McGarvey, Stephen T. ; Shriver, Mark D. ; Chu, Jiayou ; Oefner, Peter ; Chakraborty, Ranajit ; Deka, Ranjan. / Polynesian origins : Insights from the Y chromosome. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2000 ; Vol. 97, No. 15. pp. 8225-8228.
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author = "Bing Su and Li Jin and Peter Underbill and Jeremy Martinson and Nilmani Saha and McGarvey, {Stephen T.} and Shriver, {Mark D.} and Jiayou Chu and Peter Oefner and Ranajit Chakraborty and Ranjan Deka",
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Su, B, Jin, L, Underbill, P, Martinson, J, Saha, N, McGarvey, ST, Shriver, MD, Chu, J, Oefner, P, Chakraborty, R & Deka, R 2000, 'Polynesian origins: Insights from the Y chromosome', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 97, no. 15, pp. 8225-8228. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.97.15.8225
Polynesian origins : Insights from the Y chromosome. / Su, Bing; Jin, Li; Underbill, Peter; Martinson, Jeremy; Saha, Nilmani; McGarvey, Stephen T.; Shriver, Mark D.; Chu, Jiayou; Oefner, Peter; Chakraborty, Ranajit; Deka, Ranjan.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 97, No. 15, 18.07.2000, p. 8225-8228.
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Su B, Jin L, Underbill P, Martinson J, Saha N, McGarvey ST et al. Polynesian origins: Insights from the Y chromosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2000 Jul 18;97(15):8225-8228. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.97.15.8225