Genomic transitions of Japanese population from the Jomon period to present. (IMAGE)

Kanazawa University

Genomic transitions of Japanese population from the Jomon period to present.

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While the Jomon had a unique ancestral profile, the people having Northeast Asian ancestry in the Yayoi period and those with East Asian ancestry in the Kofun period migrated into the Japanese archipelago and genetic mixture took place. The modern population of the mainland Japan shows the tripartite ancestry structure formed in the Kofun period.

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Kanazawa University

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