 Polynesia
"Polynesia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)
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D011114
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Z01.639.760.815
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polynesia" by people in Profiles.
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Ioannidis AG, Blanco-Portillo J, Sandoval K, Hagelberg E, Barberena-Jonas C, Hill AVS, Rodr?guez-Rodr?guez JE, Fox K, Robson K, Haoa-Cardinali S, Quinto-Cort?s CD, Miquel-Poblete JF, Auckland K, Parks T, Sofro ASM, ?vila-Arcos MC, Sockell A, Homburger JR, Eng C, Huntsman S, Burchard EG, Gignoux CR, Verdugo RA, Moraga M, Bustamante CD, Mentzer AJ, Moreno-Estrada A. Paths and timings of the peopling of Polynesia inferred from genomic networks. Nature. 2021 09; 597(7877):522-526.
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Ioannidis AG, Blanco-Portillo J, Sandoval K, Hagelberg E, Miquel-Poblete JF, Moreno-Mayar JV, Rodr?guez-Rodr?guez JE, Quinto-Cort?s CD, Auckland K, Parks T, Robson K, Hill AVS, Avila-Arcos MC, Sockell A, Homburger JR, Wojcik GL, Barnes KC, Herrera L, Berr?os S, Acu?a M, Llop E, Eng C, Huntsman S, Burchard EG, Gignoux CR, Cifuentes L, Verdugo RA, Moraga M, Mentzer AJ, Bustamante CD, Moreno-Estrada A. Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement. Nature. 2020 07; 583(7817):572-577.
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Nemat-Gorgani N, Edinur HA, Hollenbach JA, Traherne JA, Dunn PP, Chambers GK, Parham P, Norman PJ. KIR diversity in Maori and Polynesians: populations in which HLA-B is not a significant KIR ligand. Immunogenetics. 2014 Nov; 66(11):597-611.
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