Recent Anthropological Genetic Study of Taiwan Indigenous Populations

Besides of cultural, linguistic, and physical characteristic comparisons, genetic tools have become one of the most powerful methods to study the relationships and migration pattern of human populations. The question about the dispersal of Austronesian has remained controversial among the papers studied by different discipline, but Taiwan indigenous populations always play the important role. In order to clarify the genetic relationship between the Taiwan indigenous populations and other populations among Southeast Asia and Oceania, we use three genetic markers: single nucleotide polymorphism of Y chromosome, microsatellite polymorphism of Y chromosome, and ΨGRK6 pseudogene sequences to get more information and postulate the possible dispersal pathway. Single nucleotide polymorphism of Y chromosome The question about the dispersal of Austronesian has remained controversial. Three popula