Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia (SEA) is enriched with a complex history of peopling. Malaysia, which is located at the crossroads of SEA, has been recognized as one of the hubs for early human migration. To unravel the genomic complexity of the native inhabitants of Malaysia, we sequenced 12 samples from 3 indigeno...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yew, Chee Wei, Dongsheng Lu, Lian Deng, Lai-Ping Wong, Rick Twee-Hee Ong, Yan Lu, Xiaoji Wang, Yunus Yushimah, Farhang Aghakhanian, Mokhtar Siti Shuhada, Mohammad Zahirul Hoque, Christopher Lok-Yung, Thuhairah Abdul Rahman, Jong Bhak, Maude E. Phipps, Shuhua Xu, Yik-Ying Teo, Subbiah Vijay Kumar, Boon-Peng Hoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Link 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/1/Genomic%20structure%20of%20the%20native%20inhabitants%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia%20and%20North%20Borneo%20suggests%20complex%20human%20population%20history%20in%20Southeast%20Asia.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-018-1869-0
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.ums.eprints.22631
record_format eprints
spelling my.ums.eprints.226312019-07-12T07:21:49Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/ Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia Yew, Chee Wei Dongsheng Lu Lian Deng Lai-Ping Wong Rick Twee-Hee Ong Yan Lu Xiaoji Wang Yunus Yushimah Farhang Aghakhanian Mokhtar Siti Shuhada Mohammad Zahirul Hoque Christopher Lok-Yung Thuhairah Abdul Rahman Jong Bhak Maude E. Phipps Shuhua Xu Yik-Ying Teo Subbiah Vijay Kumar Boon-Peng Hoh HT Communities. Classes. Races HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Southeast Asia (SEA) is enriched with a complex history of peopling. Malaysia, which is located at the crossroads of SEA, has been recognized as one of the hubs for early human migration. To unravel the genomic complexity of the native inhabitants of Malaysia, we sequenced 12 samples from 3 indigenous populations from Peninsular Malaysia and 4 native populations from North Borneo to a high coverage of 28–37×. We showed that the Negritos from Peninsular Malaysia shared a common ancestor with the East Asians, but exhibited some level of gene flow from South Asia, while the North Borneo populations exhibited closer genetic affinity towards East Asians than the Malays. The analysis of time of divergence suggested that ancestors of Negrito were the earliest settlers in the Malay Peninsula, whom first separated from the Papuans ~ 50–33 thousand years ago (kya), followed by East Asian (~ 40–15 kya), while the divergence time frame between North Borneo and East Asia populations predates the Austronesian expansion period implies a possible pre-Neolithic colonization. Substantial Neanderthal ancestry was confirmed in our genomes, as was observed in other East Asians. However, no significant difference was observed, in terms of the proportion of Denisovan gene flow into these native inhabitants from Malaysia. Judging from the similar amount of introgression in the Southeast Asians and East Asians, our findings suggest that the Denisovan gene flow may have occurred before the divergence of these populations and that the shared similarities are likely an ancestral component. Springer Link 2018-02 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/1/Genomic%20structure%20of%20the%20native%20inhabitants%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia%20and%20North%20Borneo%20suggests%20complex%20human%20population%20history%20in%20Southeast%20Asia.pdf Yew, Chee Wei and Dongsheng Lu and Lian Deng and Lai-Ping Wong and Rick Twee-Hee Ong and Yan Lu and Xiaoji Wang and Yunus Yushimah and Farhang Aghakhanian and Mokhtar Siti Shuhada and Mohammad Zahirul Hoque and Christopher Lok-Yung and Thuhairah Abdul Rahman and Jong Bhak and Maude E. Phipps and Shuhua Xu and Yik-Ying Teo and Subbiah Vijay Kumar and Boon-Peng Hoh (2018) Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia. Human Genetics, 137 (2). pp. 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-018-1869-0
institution Universiti Malaysia Sabah
building UMS Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Sabah
content_source UMS Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.ums.edu.my/
language English
topic HT Communities. Classes. Races
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
spellingShingle HT Communities. Classes. Races
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Yew, Chee Wei
Dongsheng Lu
Lian Deng
Lai-Ping Wong
Rick Twee-Hee Ong
Yan Lu
Xiaoji Wang
Yunus Yushimah
Farhang Aghakhanian
Mokhtar Siti Shuhada
Mohammad Zahirul Hoque
Christopher Lok-Yung
Thuhairah Abdul Rahman
Jong Bhak
Maude E. Phipps
Shuhua Xu
Yik-Ying Teo
Subbiah Vijay Kumar
Boon-Peng Hoh
Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia
description Southeast Asia (SEA) is enriched with a complex history of peopling. Malaysia, which is located at the crossroads of SEA, has been recognized as one of the hubs for early human migration. To unravel the genomic complexity of the native inhabitants of Malaysia, we sequenced 12 samples from 3 indigenous populations from Peninsular Malaysia and 4 native populations from North Borneo to a high coverage of 28–37×. We showed that the Negritos from Peninsular Malaysia shared a common ancestor with the East Asians, but exhibited some level of gene flow from South Asia, while the North Borneo populations exhibited closer genetic affinity towards East Asians than the Malays. The analysis of time of divergence suggested that ancestors of Negrito were the earliest settlers in the Malay Peninsula, whom first separated from the Papuans ~ 50–33 thousand years ago (kya), followed by East Asian (~ 40–15 kya), while the divergence time frame between North Borneo and East Asia populations predates the Austronesian expansion period implies a possible pre-Neolithic colonization. Substantial Neanderthal ancestry was confirmed in our genomes, as was observed in other East Asians. However, no significant difference was observed, in terms of the proportion of Denisovan gene flow into these native inhabitants from Malaysia. Judging from the similar amount of introgression in the Southeast Asians and East Asians, our findings suggest that the Denisovan gene flow may have occurred before the divergence of these populations and that the shared similarities are likely an ancestral component.
format Article
author Yew, Chee Wei
Dongsheng Lu
Lian Deng
Lai-Ping Wong
Rick Twee-Hee Ong
Yan Lu
Xiaoji Wang
Yunus Yushimah
Farhang Aghakhanian
Mokhtar Siti Shuhada
Mohammad Zahirul Hoque
Christopher Lok-Yung
Thuhairah Abdul Rahman
Jong Bhak
Maude E. Phipps
Shuhua Xu
Yik-Ying Teo
Subbiah Vijay Kumar
Boon-Peng Hoh
author_facet Yew, Chee Wei
Dongsheng Lu
Lian Deng
Lai-Ping Wong
Rick Twee-Hee Ong
Yan Lu
Xiaoji Wang
Yunus Yushimah
Farhang Aghakhanian
Mokhtar Siti Shuhada
Mohammad Zahirul Hoque
Christopher Lok-Yung
Thuhairah Abdul Rahman
Jong Bhak
Maude E. Phipps
Shuhua Xu
Yik-Ying Teo
Subbiah Vijay Kumar
Boon-Peng Hoh
author_sort Yew, Chee Wei
title Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia
title_short Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia
title_full Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia
title_fullStr Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia
title_full_unstemmed Genomic structure of the native inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia and North Borneo suggests complex human population history in Southeast Asia
title_sort genomic structure of the native inhabitants of peninsular malaysia and north borneo suggests complex human population history in southeast asia
publisher Springer Link
publishDate 2018
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/1/Genomic%20structure%20of%20the%20native%20inhabitants%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia%20and%20North%20Borneo%20suggests%20complex%20human%20population%20history%20in%20Southeast%20Asia.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-018-1869-0
_version_ 1760229994938761216
score 13.211869