Other items of interest
Interviews with Lisa Matisoo-Smith
- The University of Auckland's Inquiring Minds series
Maori origins and arrivals from Te Ara The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
SahulTime - a visual, interactive representation of the Earth's history, showing how coastlines change
Links to your school programme
This seminar links to the following NCEA Level 3 Achievement Standards:
- AS 90714 Biology 3.2 Research a contemporary biological issue
- AS 90715 Biology 3.3 Describe the role of DNA in relation to gene expression
- AS 90718 Biology 3.6 Describe applications of biotechnological techniques
- AS 90719 Biology 3.7 Describe trends in human evolution
Scientific Papers available online
Friedlaender, J. S., Friedlaender, F. R., Hodgson, J. A., Stoltz, M., Koki, G., Horvat, G., et al. (2007). Melanesian mtDNA complexity. PLoS One, 2(2),
Matisoo-Smith, E., & Robins, J. H. (2004). Origins and dispersals of Pacific peoples: Evidence from mtDNA phylogenies of the Pacific rat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(24), 9167-9172.
Storey, A. A., Ramirez, J. M., Quiroz, D., Burley, D. V., Addison, D. J., Walter, R., et al. (2007). Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(25), 10335-10339.
