Recent demographic history inferred by high-resolution analysis of linkage disequilibrium

E Santiago, I Novo, AF Pardiñas… - Molecular Biology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Inferring changes in effective population size (N e) in the recent past is of special interest for
conservation of endangered species and for human history research. Current methods for …

A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia

K Adhikari, J Mendoza-Revilla, A Sohail… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We report a genome-wide association scan in> 6,000 Latin Americans for pigmentation of
skin and eyes. We found eighteen signals of association at twelve genomic regions. These …

Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years

M Larena, F Sanchez-Quinto, P Sjödin… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Island Southeast Asia has recently produced several surprises regarding human history, but
the region's complex demography remains poorly understood. Here, we report∼ 2.3 million …

[HTML][HTML] Philippine Ayta possess the highest level of Denisovan ancestry in the world

M Larena, J McKenna, F Sanchez-Quinto… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Multiple lines of evidence show that modern humans interbred with archaic Denisovans.
Here, we report an account of shared demographic history between Australasians and …

Tracing Bai-Yue ancestry in aboriginal Li people on hainan island

H Chen, R Lin, Y Lu, R Zhang, Y Gao… - Molecular Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
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 …

The estimates of effective population size based on linkage disequilibrium are virtually unaffected by natural selection

I Novo, E Santiago, A Caballero - PLoS Genetics, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The effective population size (N e) is a key parameter to quantify the magnitude of genetic
drift and inbreeding, with important implications in human evolution. The increasing …

Complex patterns of admixture across the Indonesian archipelago

G Hudjashov, TM Karafet, DJ Lawson… - Molecular biology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Indonesia, an island nation as large as continental Europe, hosts a sizeable proportion of
global human diversity, yet remains surprisingly undercharacterized genetically. Here, we …

Indian genetic heritage in Southeast Asian populations

P Changmai, K Jaisamut, J Kampuansai… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The great ethnolinguistic diversity found today in mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) reflects
multiple migration waves of people in the past. Maritime trading between MSEA and India …

Genome analysis traces regional dispersal of rice in Taiwan and Southeast Asia

O Alam, RM Gutaker, CC Wu, KA Hicks… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The dispersal of rice (Oryza sativa) following domestication influenced massive social and
cultural changes across South, East, and Southeast (SE) Asia. The history of dispersal …

Ancient DNA from Protohistoric Period Cambodia indicates that South Asians admixed with local populations as early as 1st–3rd centuries CE

P Changmai, R Pinhasi, M Pietrusewsky, MT Stark… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Indian cultural influence is remarkable in present-day Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA), and
it may have stimulated early state formation in the region. Various present-day populations …