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. 2011 Apr 5;6(4):e18312. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018312

Figure 1. Neighbor-Joining tree of 15 populations based on Fst measurement.

Figure 1

In the square boxes are the four studied Malay sub-ethnic groups. Numbers at each branch are represent the percentage value of a thousand bootstrap replications and branches with bootstrap values less than 80% were condensed. The tree suggests a diverse origin of the Malay sub-ethnic groups that forms Cluster I, II and III. Notably, the position of MY-KN in Clade III is the most basal among other studied Malays supported by 100% of bootstrap replicates. There is a distinct genetic difference between the indigenous Orang Asli populations; the Negritos is oldest among the peopling groups in Malay Peninsula, whereas the Proto-Malays shared a common ancestry or have had some mixing with the Chinese and Javanese populations.