Comparing linguistic and genetic relationships among east asian populations: a study of the Rh and GM polymorphisms

Estella Poloni (1) , Alicia Sanchez-Mazas (1) , Guillaume Jacques (2) , Laurent Sagart (2)

1 Département d'anthropologie et d'écologie
2 CRLAO - Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale

Compares the RH and GM variation in East Asia against three competing linguistic phylogenies, i.e. Sagart's hypothesis of a main East-Asian macrophylum, a combination of the greater Austric and Sino-Caucasian hypotheses, and a null hypothesis, assuming no genetic relationships between the main East Asian phyla. The authors conclude that the data do not yet permit us to discriminate between the three hypotheses.

Mots clés: GM; linguistics; East Asia; population genetics; Rhesus

Domaines: Linguistique; Génétique; Anthropologie biologique

Estella Poloni, Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, Guillaume Jacques, Laurent Sagart. Comparing linguistic and genetic relationships among east asian populations: a study of the Rh and GM polymorphisms. Laurent Sagart, Roger Blench et SAlicia Sanchez-Mazas. The Peopling of East Asia, RoutledgeCurzon, pp.252-272, 2005. ⟨halshs-00105082⟩