The genetic legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the island of New Providence

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 310-317

  Simms, T M ^a   Garcia, C ^a   Mirabal, S ^a   McCartney, Q ^b   Herrera, R J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Royal Bahamas Police Force   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

Autosomal STRs; Bahamas; New Providence; PCR; Phylogenetic analyses; Transatlantic Slave Trade

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; BAHAMAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

AFRICA; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BAHAMAS; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 48049087208     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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