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      A genetic perspective on the origins and dispersal of the Austronesians: Mitochondrial DNA variation from Madagascar to Easter Island
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      A genetic perspective on the origins and dispersal of the Austronesians: Mitochondrial DNA variation from Madagascar to Easter Island

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      A genetic perspective on the origins and dispersal of the Austronesians: Mitochondrial DNA variation from Madagascar to Easter Island book

      A genetic perspective on the origins and dispersal of the Austronesians: Mitochondrial DNA variation from Madagascar to Easter Island

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      A genetic perspective on the origins and dispersal of the Austronesians: Mitochondrial DNA variation from Madagascar to Easter Island book

      ByERIKA HAGELBERG, MURRAY COX, WULF SCHIEFENHÖVEL
      BookPast Human Migrations in East Asia

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      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2008
      Imprint Routledge
      Pages 20
      eBook ISBN 9780203926789
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      ABSTRACT

      This chapter describes the study of one genetic system, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), within the Austronesian-speaking world, and discusses whether the patterns of genetic variation at this genetic locus are consistent with the principal models of the settlement and linguistic diversity in this vast geographical region. Mitochondria are the seat of cellular metabolism and have their own complement of DNA. MtDNA is a tiny proportion of the genetic makeup of a human being, and has both advantages and disadvantages in population studies. It is inherited maternally, in contrast with the nuclear chromosomal DNA inherited from both parents. (Note: the mitochondria of the spermatozoon are eliminated from the egg soon after fertilization, so offspring do not inherit paternal mtDNA, although there are exceptions to this rule, as shown by Schwartz and Vissing 2002.) The maternal mode of inheritance permits the study of female lineages through time.

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