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- Title
A predominant European ancestry of paternal lineages from Canary Islanders.
- Authors
Flores, C; Maca-Meyer, N; Pérez, J A; González, A M; Larruga, J M; Cabrera, V M
- Abstract
We genotyped 24 biallelic sites and 5 microsatellites from the non-recombining portion of the Y chromosome in 652 males from the Canary Islands. The results indicate that, contrary to mtDNA data, paternal lineages of the current population are overwhelmingly (>90%) of European origin, arguing for a highly asymmetric pattern of mating after European occupation. However, the presence of lineages of indisputable African assignation demonstrates that an aboriginal background still persists (<10%). On the basis of distribution and dating of some of these lineages we derived a genetic perspective of settlement processes of the archipelago in two stages, congruent with anthropological, archaeological and linguistic findings.
- Publication
Annals of human genetics, 2003, Vol 67, Issue Pt 2, p138
- ISSN
0003-4800
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00015.x