Collaborative Research: Origins of Aleut Populations: Molecular Perspectives

合作研究：阿留申人种群的起源：分子视角

• 批准号: 9905090
• 负责人: Michael Crawford
• 金额: $ 16.81万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-15 至 2003-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9905090&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Origins; Aleut; Populations

Abstract For collaborative research byO'Rourke, University of Utah (9974623)Crawford, University of Kansas (9905090)This collaborative research project, involving scientists from the Universities of Kansas and Utah, and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, applies archaeological and molecular genetic evidence to questions surrounding the origins of Aleutian Island inhabitants. Mitochondrial DNA from both skeletal remains (primarily stored at the Smithsonian Institution) and from living populations of eastern and western Aleutian Islands will be extracted, analyzed, and the results will be used to reconstruct the migration patterns of prehistoric peoples from Siberia and Alaska. The multi-disciplinary, collaborative nature of this research allows the comparison of genetic patterns in known ancestors and descendants, within an archaeological framework. The evolutionary relationships between prehistoric Aleutians, extant groups, and contemporary Inuits and Native Americans will be explored. The molecular data to be obtained in this project will provide a genetic characterization of the Aleutian people and permits testing of several hypotheses regarding the origin of the modern Aleut population. During the three year duration of this project, fieldwork is planned for: Atka, Pribilof Islands, Anchorage, Unalaska, and Bering Island.

奥罗克、犹他大学（9974623）、克劳福德、堪萨斯大学（9905090）的合作研究项目，由来自堪萨斯大学、犹他大学和俄罗斯医学科学院的科学家参与，应用考古学和分子遗传学证据来解决围绕阿留申岛居民起源的问题。从骨骼遗骸（主要保存在史密森学会）和阿留申群岛东部和西部现存人群的线粒体DNA将被提取和分析，结果将用于重建西伯利亚和阿拉斯加史前人类的迁徙模式。这项研究的多学科合作性质允许在考古框架内比较已知祖先和后代的遗传模式。将探索史前阿留申人、现存群体、当代因纽特人和美洲原住民之间的进化关系。在这个项目中获得的分子数据将提供阿留申人的遗传特征，并允许测试关于现代阿留申人口起源的几种假设。在这个项目的三年期间，实地考察计划在：阿特卡，普里比洛夫群岛，安克雷奇，乌纳拉斯加和白令岛。