'Mutiny on the Bounty': the genetic history of Norfolk Island reveals extreme gender-biased admixture

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• 作者：Miles C. Benton ; Shani Stuart ; Claire Bellis…
• 关键词：Norfolk Island ; Mitochondria ; Y ; chromosome ; Genetic isolate ; Population history
• 刊名：Investigative Genetics
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：6
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1,356 KB
• 刊物主题：Human Genetics; Forensic Science; Evolutionary Biology; Microbiology; Forensic Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2041-2223

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Background The Pacific Oceania region was one of the last regions of the world to be settled via human migration. Here we outline a settlement of this region that has given rise to a uniquely admixed population. The current Norfolk Island population has arisen from a small number of founders with mixed Caucasian and Polynesian ancestry, descendants of a famous historical event. The ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ has been told in history books, songs and the big screen, but recently this story can be portrayed through comprehensive molecular genetics. Written history details betrayal and murder leading to the founding of Pitcairn Island by European mutineers and the Polynesian women who left Tahiti with them. Investigation of detailed genealogical records supports historical accounts.