2022
Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers
Liu YC, Hunter-Anderson R, Cheronet O, Eakin J, Camacho F, Pietrusewsky M, Rohland N, Ioannidis A, Athens JS, Douglas MT, Ikehara-Quebral RM, Bernardos R, Culleton BJ, Mah M, Adamski N, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Lawson AM, Mandl K, Michel M, Oppenheimer J, Stewardson K, Zalzala F, Kidd K, Kidd J, Schurr TG, Auckland K, Hill AVS, Mentzer AJ, Quinto-Cortés CD, Robson K, Kennett DJ, Patterson N, Bustamante CD, Moreno-Estrada A, Spriggs M, Vilar M, Lipson M, Pinhasi R, Reich D. Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers. Science 2022, 377: 72-79. PMID: 35771911, PMCID: PMC9983687, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm6536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEast Asian sourcesStreams of migrationSouthwest Pacific populationsPapuan ancestryRemote OceaniaGenome-wide dataAncient DNAModern individualsNew BritainAsian sourcesMariana ArchipelagoNew GuineansMicronesiaEast AsiansPacific populationsMale migrantsAncestryBritainMatrilocalityOceanianPolynesiansOceaniaCommunityArchipelagoSeafarers
1998
Short tandem repeat polymorphism evolution in humans
Calafell F, Shuster A, Speed W, Kidd J, Kidd K. Short tandem repeat polymorphism evolution in humans. European Journal Of Human Genetics 1998, 6: 38-49. PMID: 9781013, DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDinucleotide short tandem repeat polymorphismsStepwise mutation modelSet of populationsPrivate allelesShort tandem repeat polymorphismsGenetic distanceHigh heterozygosityGenetic variationLinkage analysisMutation modelPolymorphism evolutionTandem repeat polymorphismEuropean populationsModern humansHeterozygosityAllelesRepeat polymorphismAfrican sampleReplacement hypothesisEast AsiansDifferentiationHumansPolymorphismPopulationTrees