
Patrilineal Perspective on the Austronesian Diffusion in Mainland ...
· In this study, we analyzed nonrecombining region of the Y chromosome markers of 177 unrelated males from four populations in MSEA, including 59 Cham, 76 Kinh, 25 Lao, and 17 Thai individuals. Incorporating published data from mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), our results indied that, in general, the Chams are an indigenous Southeast Asian population.