Interdisciplinary study of the Kofun skeletons excavated from Eastern Japan.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26440257
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Physical anthropology
• Research Institution: University of Yamanashi
• Principal Investigator: ADACHI Noboru 山梨大学, 総合研究部, 教授 (60282125)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 古墳時代 / 古代DNA / ミトコンドリアDNA / 核DNA / ハプログループ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Genomic DNA was extracted from 22 protohistoric Kofun skeletons excavated from Tohoku and Kanto region of Japan, and their mtDNA haplogroups and their frequencies were compared to those of the Tohoku Jomon skeletons and modern-day individuals inhabited Tohoku region. Consequently, mtDNA haplogroups and their frequencies of the Kofun skeletons were much more similar to modern-day individuals than to Tohoku Jomon people. This result suggests the fact that the genetic influence of the Yayoi immigrants had already become evident in Eastern Japanese people in the Kofun era.

Free Research Field

生物学