Paternal lineages signal distinct genetic contributions from British Loyalists and continental Africans among different Bahamian islands

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 594-608

  Simms, Tanya M ^a,b   Martinez, Emanuel ^a   Herrera, Kristian J ^a   Wright, Marisil R ^b   Perez, Omar A ^a   Hernandez, Michelle ^a   Ramirez, Evelyn C ^a   McCartney, Quinn ^c   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Royal Bahamas Police Force   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

Africa; Bahamas; phylogenetic; Y chromosome; Y STR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BUCCAL SWAB; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PATERNAL LINEAGE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SMEAR; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BAHAMAS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FLOW; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 80855140438     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21616     Document Type: Article

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