Taiwan Y-chromosomal DNA variation and its relationship with Island Southeast Asia

• Published in: BMC genetics Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 77
• Main Authors: Trejaut, Jean A, Poloni, Estella S, Yen, Ju-Chen, Lai, Ying-Hui, Loo, Jun-Hun, Lee, Chien-Liang, He, Chun-Lin, Lin, Marie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 26.06.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Analysis; Asia, Southeastern; Chromosomes; Chromosomes, Human, Y - genetics; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Dispersal; DNA; Genealogy; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genetic diversity; Genetic Drift; Genetic Loci; Genetics, Population; Genomes; Haplotypes; Human Migration; Humans; Hypotheses; Islands; Linguistics; Male; Microsatellite Repeats; Migration; Mitochondrial DNA; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Native North Americans; Native peoples; Physiological aspects; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Population; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Taiwan; Asia, Southeastern; Taiwan; Indian Ocean; Philippines; Madagascar

Much of the data resolution of the haploid non-recombining Y chromosome (NRY) haplogroup O in East Asia are still rudimentary and could be an explanatory factor for current debates on the settlement history of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA). Here, 81 slowly evolving markers (mostly SNPs) and 17 Y-chro...