The Pacific region provides unique opportunities to study human evolution including through
analyses of ancient DNA. While some of the earliest studies involving ancient DNA from …

Mitochondrial point heteroplasmy is a common event observed not only in patients with
mitochondrial diseases but also in healthy individuals. We here report a comprehensive …

There are two very different interpretations of the prehistory of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA),
with genetic evidence invoked in support of both. The “out-of-Taiwan” model proposes a …

Molecular anthropology uses molecular genetic methods to address questions and issues of
anthropological interest. More specifically, molecular anthropology is concerned with …

Archaeology, linguistics, and existing genetic studies indicate that Oceania was settled by
two major waves of migration. The first migration took place approximately 40 thousand …

Recent developments in our understanding of the genetic history of Asia and Oceania have
been driven by technological advances. Specifically, our understanding of the past has been …

Distinguishing between maternal relatives through mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequence
analysis has been a longstanding desire of the forensic community. Using a deep-coverage …

Genetic signatures from the Paleolithic inhabitants of Eurasia can be traced from the early
divergent mitochondrial DNA lineages still present in contemporary human populations …

The Pamirs, among the world's highest mountains in Central Asia, are one of homelands
with the most extreme high altitude for several ethnic groups. The settlement history of …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can be used for matrilineal biogeographic ancestry prediction
and can thus provide investigative leads towards identifying unknown suspects, when …