Shipwrecks and founder effects: Divergent demographic histories reflected in Caribbean mtDNA

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 855-860

  Salas, Antonio ^a   Richards, Martin ^b   Lareu, María Victoria ^a   Sobrino, Beatriz ^a   Silva, Sandra ^c   Matamoros, Mireya ^d   Macaulay, Vincent ^e   Carracedo, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d Laboratorio de Genética Forense   (Honduras)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Carib; Choc ; Gar funas; Haplogroup; HVS I; HVS II; mtDNA; Slave trade

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COLOMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIP;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COLOMBIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 28544448462     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20117     Document Type: Article

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