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Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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PROVIDER: EGAO00000000762 | EGA |
REPOSITORIES: EGA
Publications
Malagasy Genetic Ancestry Comes from an Historical Malay Trading Post in Southeast Borneo.
Molecular biology and evolution 20160705 9
Malagasy genetic diversity results from an exceptional protoglobalization process that took place over a thousand years ago across the Indian Ocean. Previous efforts to locate the Asian origin of Malagasy highlighted Borneo broadly as a potential source, but so far no firm source populations were identified. Here, we have generated genome-wide data from two Southeast Borneo populations, the Banjar and the Ngaju, together with published data from populations across the Indian Ocean region. We fin ...[more]
