Genome-wide SNP data of Izumo and Makurazaki populations support inner-dual structure model for origin of Yamato people

• Main Authors: Timothy Adrian, Jinam, Yosuke, Kawai, Yoichiro, Kamatani, Shunro, Sonoda, Kanro, Makisumi, Hideya, Sameshima, Katsushi, Tokunaga, Naruya, Saitou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2021
• Subjects: QH426 Genetics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42052/1/Genome.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42052/; https://www.nature.com/articles/s10038-020-00898-3; https:// doi.org/10.1038/s10038-020-00898-3
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The “Dual Structure” model on the formation of the modern Japanese population assumes that the indigenous huntergathering population (symbolized as Jomon people) admixed with rice-farming population (symbolized as Yayoi people) who migrated from the Asian continent after the Yayoi period started. Th...