Pedro, Nicole
Brucato, Nicolas
Fernandes, Veronica
André, Mathilde
Saag, Lauri
Pomat, William
Besse, Céline
Boland, Anne http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8789-5676
Deleuze, Jean-François
Clarkson, Chris
Sudoyo, Herawati
Metspalu, Mait
Stoneking, Mark
Cox, Murray P.
Leavesley, Matthew
Pereira, Luisa
Ricaut, François-Xavier http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7609-7898
Article History
Received: 5 February 2020
Revised: 29 April 2020
Accepted: 13 May 2020
First Online: 1 June 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Medical Research Advisory Committee of Papua New Guinea (National Department of Health) under research ethics clearance MRAC 16.21 and by the French Ethics Committees (Committees of Protection of Persons IE-2015–837 (1)). Permission to conduct research in Papua New Guinea was granted by the National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea (permit 99902292358), with full support from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea. Biological sampling was conducted by FXR, NB, and ML with the assistance of a team from the University of Papua New Guinea. All samples were collected with written informed consent.Archive samples used in this study were collected between 1986 and 1988 under supervision and with regulatory approval from the Institute of Medical Research of Papua New Guinea and approval by the Medical Research Advisory Committee of Papua New Guinea (National Department of Health). Following a brief description of the project, a discussion with each individual willing to participate ensured that the project was fully understood. The description stated clearly that the aims were to use the blood of individuals to investigate settlement history and migration patterns in Papua New Guinea. Once participants had given oral consent, information was collected on their age, sex, date and place of birth, and their spoken language(s). All samples were anonymised and coded at the time of sampling. The DNA samples have been stored with approval from the IMR for future research. Contemporary approvals for the present work have been obtained from the French Ethics Committees (Committees of Protection of Persons IE-2015–837 (1)), and the Medical Research Advisory Committee of Papua New Guinea (National Department of Health) under research ethics clearance MRAC 16.21. (Revised paper: page 6, lines 136–149).