About the Authors

Chris A. Corser

Affiliation Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Patricia A. McLenachan

Affiliation Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Melanie J. Pierson

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

G. L. Abby Harrison

Current address: Walter Eliza Hall Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Affiliations Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

David Penny

D.Penny@massey.ac.nz

Affiliation Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GLH DP. Performed the experiments: CAC PAM. Analyzed the data: PAM MJP CAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLH. Wrote the paper: CAC PAM Collected the samples throughout the Pacific and typed them to haplogroups: GLH.