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Jinam TA, Kanzawa-Kiriyama H, Inoue I, et al. Unique characteristics of the Ainu population in Northern Japan. J Hum Genet. 2015;60(10):565-71doi: 10.1038/jhg.2015.79.
Jinam, T. A., Kanzawa-Kiriyama, H., Inoue, I., Tokunaga, K., Omoto, K., & Saitou, N. (2015). Unique characteristics of the Ainu population in Northern Japan. Journal of human genetics, 60(10), 565-71. https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2015.79
Jinam, Timothy A, et al. "Unique characteristics of the Ainu population in Northern Japan." Journal of human genetics vol. 60,10 (2015): 565-71. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2015.79
Jinam TA, Kanzawa-Kiriyama H, Inoue I, Tokunaga K, Omoto K, Saitou N. Unique characteristics of the Ainu population in Northern Japan. J Hum Genet. 2015 Oct;60(10):565-71. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2015.79. Epub 2015 Jul 16. PMID: 26178428.
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J Hum Genet. 2015 Oct;60(10):565-71. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2015.79. Epub 2015 Jul 16.

Unique characteristics of the Ainu population in Northern Japan.

Journal of human genetics

Timothy A Jinam, Hideaki Kanzawa-Kiriyama, Ituro Inoue, Katsushi Tokunaga, Keiichi Omoto, Naruya Saitou

Affiliations

  1. Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan.
  2. Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima, Japan.
  3. Division of Human Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan.
  4. Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan.
  5. Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  6. Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  7. Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 26178428 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2015.79

Abstract

Various genetic data (classic markers, mitochondrial DNAs, Y chromosomes and genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)) have confirmed the coexistence of three major human populations on the Japanese Archipelago: Ainu in Hokkaido, Ryukyuans in the Southern Islands and Mainland Japanese. We compared genome-wide SNP data of the Ainu, Ryukyuans and Mainland Japanese, and found the following results: (1) the Ainu are genetically different from Mainland Japanese living in Tohoku, the northern part of Honshu Island; (2) using Ainu as descendants of the Jomon people and continental Asians (Han Chinese, Koreans) as descendants of Yayoi people, the proportion of Jomon genetic component in Mainland Japanese was ~18% and ~28% in Ryukyuans; (3) the time since admixture for Mainland Japanese ranged from 55 to 58 generations ago, and 43 to 44 generations ago for the Ryukyuans, depending on the number of Ainu individuals with varying rates of recent admixture with Mainland Japanese; (4) estimated haplotypes of some Ainu individuals suggested relatively long-term admixture with Mainland Japanese; and (5) highly differentiated genomic regions between Ainu and Mainland Japanese included EDAR and COL7A1 gene regions, which were shown to influence macroscopic phenotypes. These results clearly demonstrate the unique status of the Ainu and Ryukyuan people within East Asia.

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