Journal article

Contrasting Linguistic and Genetic Origins of the Asian Source Populations of Malagasy

P Kusuma, N Brucato, MP Cox, D Pierron, H Razafindrazaka, A Adelaar, H Sudoyo, T Letellier, FX Ricaut

Scientific Reports | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2016

Abstract

The Austronesian expansion, one of the last major human migrations, influenced regions as distant as tropical Asia, Remote Oceania and Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa. The identity of the Asian groups that settled Madagascar is particularly mysterious. While language connects Madagascar to the Maa anyan of southern Borneo, haploid genetic data are more ambiguous. Here, we screened genome-wide diversity in 211 individuals from the Maa anyan and surrounding groups in southern Borneo. Surprisingly, the Maa anyan are characterized by a distinct, high frequency genomic component that is not found in Malagasy. This novel genetic layer occurs at low levels across Island Southeast Asia and ..

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Funding Acknowledgements

We wish to acknowledge support from the GenoToul bioinformatics facility of the Genopole Toulouse Midi Pyrenees, France. This research was supported by the French ANR via grant ANR-14-CE31-0013-01 (OCEOADAPTO to F.-X.R.), grant ANR-12-PDOC-0037-01 (GENOMIX to D.P.), as well as the Region Aquitaine of France (MAGE to D.P.), the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (French Archaeological Mission in Borneo (MAFBO) to F.-X.R.), a Rutherford Fellowship from the Royal Society of New Zealand (RDF-10-MAU-001 to M.P.C.) and the French Embassy in Indonesia through its Cultural and Cooperation Services (Institut Francais en Indonesie).