title: A genetic study of 2,000-year-old human remains from Japan using mitochondrial DNA sequences.
abstract: 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 homegeneous 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 clusterig patterns for the Yayoi individuals, for early modern Ainu, or for the Jomon people.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oota
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saitou
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis / Q000266:history* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial