About the Authors
- Jonathan S Friedlaender
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jfriedla@temple.edu
Affiliation Anthropology Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Françoise R Friedlaender
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Affiliation Independent Researcher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Floyd A Reed
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Kenneth K Kidd
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Judith R Kidd
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Geoffrey K Chambers
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
- Rodney A Lea
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
- Jun-Hun Loo
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Affiliation Transfusion Medicine Laboratory, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- George Koki
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
- Jason A Hodgson
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¤ Current address: Center for the Study of Human Origins and the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States of America
- D. Andrew Merriwether
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Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States of America
- James L Weber
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Affiliation Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
JSF and DAM designed the study. JSF, GK, JRK, KKK, GKC, RAL, J-HL, and DAM collected or contributed samples, which were prepared for genotyping by JAH. JLW supervised genotyping at the Marshfield Clinic. The data analysis was performed by FRF, with advice and assistance from FAR, JSF, JRK, and KKK. JSF and FRF wrote the text.