Unique characteristics of the Ainu population in Northern Japan

• Main Authors: Timothy Adrian, Jinam, Hideaki, Kanzawa-Kiriyama, Itsuro, Inoue, Katsushi, Tokunaga, Keiichi, Omoto, Naruya, Saitou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature Limited 2015
• Subjects: QH426 Genetics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42220/1/Unique.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42220/; https://www.nature.com/articles/jhg201579
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Various genetic data (classic markers, mitochondrial DNAs, Y chromosomes and genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)) have confirmed the coexistence of three major human populations on the Japanese Archipelago: Ainu in Hokkaido, Ryukyuans in the Southern Islands and Mainland Japanese. W...