Polynesians of the Atlantic? by Neil Price, John Ljungkvist

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The Polynesian : prehistory of an island people / by 386843 Belwood, Peter

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Ancient voyaging and Polynesian origins by Soares, P, Rito, T, Trejaut, J, Mormina, M, Hill, C, Tinkler-Hundal, E, Braid, M, Clarke, D, Loo, J, Thomson, N, Denham, T, Donohoe, M, Macaulay, V, Lin, M, Oppenheimer, S, Richards, M

“…The "Polynesian motif" defines a lineage of human mtDNA that is restricted to Austronesian-speaking populations and is almost fixed in Polynesians. …”

Tupaia: Palingenesis of a Polynesian Epic Hero by Elena Traina

“…Polynesian navigator Tupaia boarded Captain Cook’s Endeavour in Tahiti in 1769, becoming a cultural intermediary and interpreter during the first encounters with the Māori people in Aotearoa. …”
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Shifting Musical Imaginaries at the Polynesian Cultural Center by Cynthia L. Van Gilder, Dana R. Herrera

“…The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) is a cultural tourism site run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) as a money-making enterprise to support students and programs at Brigham Young University-Hawai’i (BYU-H). …”
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Melanesians and Polynesians share a unique alpha-thalassemia mutation. by Hill, A, Bowden, D, Trent, R, Higgs, D, Oppenheimer, S, Thein, S, Mickleson, K, Weatherall, D, Clegg, J

“…This is found frequently in Melanesians and Polynesians but not in five other populations in which alpha-thalassemia is prevalent. …”

Polynesian origins and affinities: globin gene variants in eastern Polynesia. by Hill, A, Gentile, B, Bonnardot, J, Roux, J, Weatherall, D, Clegg, J

“…Analysis of copy number variants of the duplicated alpha-, zeta-, and gamma-globin genes in eastern Polynesians revealed a high frequency of both triplicated-zeta-gene chromosomes and a specific alpha thalassemia deletion. …”

Chronic bullous disease of childhood in three patients of Polynesian extraction. by Edwards, S, Wojnarowska, F

“…Its true incidence is unknown and to our knowledge there have been no reported cases in Polynesians. We report three cases who presented within 1 year to the Dermatology Department, Auckland Public Hospital, New Zealand.…”

Bioactive Bromotyrosine-Derived Alkaloids from the Polynesian Sponge Suberea ianthelliformis by Amr El-Demerdash, Céline Moriou, Jordan Toullec, Marc Besson, Stéphanie Soulet, Nelly Schmitt, Sylvain Petek, David Lecchini, Cécile Debitus, Ali Al-Mourabit

“…Herein, we describe the isolation and spectroscopic identification of eight new tetrabrominated tyrosine alkaloids 2–9 from the Polynesian sponge Suberea ianthelliformis, along with known major compound psammaplysene D (1), N,N-dimethyldibromotyramine, 5-hydroxy xanthenuric acid, and xanthenuric acid. …”
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Female bone physiology resilience in a past Polynesian Outlier community by Justyna J. Miszkiewicz, Hallie R. Buckley, Michal Feldman, Lawrence Kiko, Selina Carlhoff, Kathrin Naegele, Emilie Bertolini, Nathalia R. Dias Guimarães, Meg M. Walker, Adam Powell, Cosimo Posth, Rebecca L. Kinaston

“…We conducted the first examination of femoral cortical histology in 69 individuals from ca. 440–150 BP Taumako in Solomon Islands, a remote ‘Polynesian Outlier’ island in Melanesia. We tested whether bone remodelling indicators differed between age groups, and biological sex validated using ancient DNA. …”
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A Polynesian-specific missense CETP variant alters the lipid profile by Jaye Moors, Mohanraj Krishnan, Nick Sumpter, Riku Takei, Matt Bixley, Murray Cadzow, Tanya J. Major, Amanda Phipps-Green, Ruth Topless, Marilyn Merriman, Malcolm Rutledge, Ben Morgan, Jenna C. Carlson, Jerry Z. Zhang, Emily M. Russell, Guangyun Sun, Hong Cheng, Daniel E. Weeks, Take Naseri, Muagututi’a Sefuiva Reupena, Satupa’itea Viali, John Tuitele, Nicola L. Hawley, Ranjan Deka, Stephen T. McGarvey, Janak de Zoysa, Rinki Murphy, Nicola Dalbeth, Lisa Stamp, Mele Taumoepeau, Frances King, Phillip Wilcox, Nuku Rapana, Sally McCormick, Ryan L. Minster, Tony R. Merriman, Megan Leask

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Origins of Polynesian Pigs Revealed by Mitochondrial Whole Genome Ancient DNA by K. Ann Horsburgh, Anna L. Gosling, Ethan E. Cochrane, Patrick V. Kirch, Jillian A. Swift, Mark D. McCoy

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Genetic Characterization of Blood Group Antigens for Polynesian Heritage Norfolk Island Residents by Stacie O’Brien, Rodney A. Lea, Sudhir Jadhao, Simon Lee, Shrey Sukhadia, Vignesh Arunachalam, Eileen Roulis, Robert L. Flower, Lyn Griffiths, Shivashankar H. Nagaraj

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Translating the Pacific for children. Moana: Polynesian identity and multilingualism through Disney lens by Emanuela Ammendola

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Two new Marquesan species of the southeastern Polynesian genus Oparanthus (Asteraceae, Coreopsidinae) by Warren Wagner, David Lorence

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The impact of global and local Polynesian genetic ancestry on complex traits in Native Hawaiians. by Hanxiao Sun, Meng Lin, Emily M Russell, Ryan L Minster, Tsz Fung Chan, Bryan L Dinh, Take Naseri, Muagututi'a Sefuiva Reupena, Annette Lum-Jones, Samoan Obesity, Lifestyle, and Genetic Adaptations (OLaGA) Study Group, Iona Cheng, Lynne R Wilkens, Loïc Le Marchand, Christopher A Haiman, Charleston W K Chiang

“…This association was driven by an uniquely prevalent variant in Polynesian ancestry individuals. However, we could not replicate this finding in an independent Polynesian cohort from Samoa due to the small sample size of the replication cohort. …”
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Simposium Antarabangsa Melayu-Polinesia di Komanwel, 27-29 November 1998 / by Simposium Antarabangsa Melayu-Polinesia di Komanwel (1998 : Kuala Lumpur), Universiti Malaya. Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial

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Polynesian performances: local adaptations of a « cultural-tourism formula » in New Zealand and Tonga by Aurélie Condevaux

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Effect of isolation on coat colour polymorphism of Polynesian rats in Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific by Alexandra A.E. van der Geer

“…After isolation for at least seven centuries, wild Polynesian rat populations on islands seem to exhibit a trend towards a higher incidence of aberrant coat patterns. …”
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A high-resolution chronology of rapid forest transitions following polynesian arrival in New Zealand. by David B McWethy, Janet M Wilmshurst, Cathy Whitlock, Jamie R Wood, Matt S McGlone

“…In the South Island, New Zealand, the arrival of Polynesians c. 750 years ago resulted in dramatic forest loss and conversion of nearly half of native forests to open vegetation. …”
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