Genome-wide ancestry of 17th-century enslaved Africans from the Caribbean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3669-3673

  Schroeder, Hannes ^a,b   Ávila Arcos, María C ^a,c   Malaspinas, Anna Sapfo ^a   Poznik, G David ^d   Sandoval Velasco, Marcela ^a   Carpenter, Meredith L ^c,j   Moreno Mayar, José Víctor ^a   Sikora, Martin ^a,c   Johnson, Philip L F ^e   Allentoft, Morten Erik ^a   Samaniego, José Alfredo ^a   Haviser, Jay B ^f   Dee, Michael W ^g   Stafford, Thomas W ^h   Salas, Antonio ⁱ   Orlando, Ludovic ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a   Bustamante, Carlos D ^c   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f St Maarten Archaeological Center   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^j IdentifyGenomics LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Genomics; Slave trade

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; GENETIC MARKER;

AFRICA; AFRICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CARIBBEAN; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GHANA; HAPLOGROUP; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NIGERIA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEST AFRICAN; Y CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP; ALGORITHM; ARCHEOLOGY; BAYES THEOREM; BLACK PERSON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SLAVE; SLAVERY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALGORITHMS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BAYES THEOREM; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SLAVERY; SLAVES;

EID: 84925432613     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421784112     Document Type: Article

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