Background Skin color is a well-recognized adaptive trait and has been studied extensively
in humans. Understanding the genetic basis of adaptation of skin color in various …

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POPART: full-feature software for haplotype network construction Jessica W. Leigh* and David …

Background Comparisons of maternally-inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and
paternally-inherited non-recombining Y chromosome (NRY) variation have provided …

A Taiwan origin for the expansion of the Austronesian languages and their speakers is well
supported by linguistic and archaeological evidence. However, human genetic evidence is …

Although initial studies suggested that Denisovan ancestry was found only in modern
human populations from island Southeast Asia and Oceania, more recent studies have …

As the most prevalent aboriginal group on Hainan Island located between South China and
the mainland of Southeast Asia, the Li people are believed to preserve some unique genetic …

Naturally blond hair is rare in humans and found almost exclusively in Europe and Oceania.
Here, we identify an arginine-to-cysteine change at a highly conserved residue in tyrosinase …

Although mtDNA and the non-recombining Y chromosome (NRY) studies continue to
provide valuable insights into the genetic history of human populations, recent technical …

Recent genetic studies have established that the KhoeSan populations of southern Africa
are distinct from all other African populations and have remained largely isolated during …

Humans reached the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific by∼ 3,500 y ago,
contemporaneous with or even earlier than the initial peopling of Polynesia. They crossed …