las muestras de Taiwán que presentan un perfil muy diferente a las observadas en la Isla de Pascua. Estas primeras conclusiones de este proyecto de investigación indican que es posible detectar variaciones genéticas en muestras de Mahute de las islas del Pacífico mediante el análisis de marcadores moleculares. Se visualiza que su aplicación permitirá definir las posibles rutas migratorias de los colonizadores prehistóricos de Rapa Nui.
Fruto Inmaduro
Tahiti), Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, which represent the islands of origin of the Eastern Polynesians, allow the following observations : Differences at a genetic level between samples from Easter Island. This is a preliminary observation, but, if confirmed, is of great anthropological interest, as it suggests heterogeneity of the samples of B. papyrifera. The reasons for this heterogeneity could be many and, for example, correspond to more than one migration, among other possibilities. This merits further study. A close relationship between some samples from Easter Island and some of the Polynesian islands (for example, Samoa). We have also observed similarities between some samples from Samoa and the Marquesas Islands, which coincides with the hypothesis of an early colonization of the Marquesas from Samoa. This is not the case with the samples from Taiwan which present a clearly different profile from those seen on Easter Island. The first conclusions of this research show that it is possible to detect genetic variation in samples of B. papyrifera from the Pacific Islands through an analysis of molecular markers. It should then be possible for these applications to define possible migratory routes for the prehistoric colonizers of Rapa Nui.
Immature Fruit
Fruto Maduro
Mature Fruit