A GENETIC-STUDY OF 2,000-YEAR-OLD HUMAN REMAINS FROM JAPAN USING MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA SEQUENCES

被引:75
作者
OOTA, H
SAITOU, N
MATSUSHITA, T
UEDA, S
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,GRAD SCH SCI,DEPT ANTHROPOL,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
[2] NATL INST GENET,EVOLUTIONARY GENET LAB,MISHIMA,SHIZUOKA 411,JAPAN
[3] DOIGAHAMA SITE ANTHROPOL MUSEUM,HOUHOKU 75661,JAPAN
关键词
ANCIENT DNA; MTDNA; BURIAL STYLE; ORIGIN OF JAPANESE;
D O I
10.1002/ajpa.1330980204
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
We present nucleotide sequence data for mitochondrial DNA extracted from ancient human skeletons of the Yayoi era (ca. 2,000 BP) excavated from the Takuta-Nishibun site in northern Kyushu of Japan. Nucleotide sequence diversity showed that the Yayoi people of the Takuta-Nishibun site were not a genetically homogeneous population. This site shows a diversity in the burial style. Phylogenetic analysis indicated a statistically significant correlation between burial style and the genetic background of the Takuta-Nishibun individuals, and revealed no discrete clustering patterns for the Yayoi individuals, for early modern Ainu, or for the Jomon people, (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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