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Comment
. 2008 Jul;83(1):139-40; author reply 140-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.06.004.

East Asian and Melanesian ancestry in Polynesians

Philip Hedrick
Comment

East Asian and Melanesian ancestry in Polynesians

Philip Hedrick. Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Jul.
No abstract available

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Change in East Asian Ancestry The change in East Asian ancestry in Polynesians for autosomal and Y chromosome loci for 50 generations of male gene flow from Melanesians followed by 50 generations of female gene flow from East Asians.
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