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@article{citeulike:2659199, abstract = {Mitochondrial DNA sequences and restriction fragment length polymorphisms were retrieved (with >80\% efficiency) from a 17th-18th century sample of 213 teeth from Tenerife. The genetic composition of this population reveals an important ethnic heterogeneity. Although the majority of detected haplotypes are of European origin, the high frequency of sub-Saharan African haplotypes (15.63\%), compared to that of the present-day population (6.6\%), confirms the importance of the Canary Islands in the black slave trade of that epoch. The aboriginal substrate, inferred from the U6b1 haplotypes (8.59\%), has also decreased due to European input. Finally, the presence of Amerindian lineages (1.5\%) reveals that the Canary Islands have also received genetic flow from America.}, address = {Departamento de Gen\'{e}tica, Universidad de La Laguna, 38271 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.}, author = {Maca-Meyer, N. and Cabrera, V. M. and Arnay, M. and Flores, C. and Fregel, R. and Gonz\'{a}lez, A. M. and Larruga, J. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {2659199}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20148}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15714457}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15714457}, doi = {10.1002/ajpa.20148}, issn = {0002-9483}, journal = {American journal of physical anthropology}, keywords = {17th\_century, 18th\_century, africa, ancient, canary\_islands, guanche, mtdna, slave\_trade, tenerife, u6b1}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {418--426}, posted-at = {2008-04-12 03:07:29}, priority = {5}, title = {Mitochondrial DNA diversity in 17th-18th century remains from Tenerife (Canary Islands).}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20148}, volume = {127}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2659199 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2659199 N2 - Mitochondrial DNA sequences and restriction fragment length polymorphisms were retrieved (with >80% efficiency) from a 17th-18th century sample of 213 teeth from Tenerife. The genetic composition of this population reveals an important ethnic heterogeneity. Although the majority of detected haplotypes are of European origin, the high frequency of sub-Saharan African haplotypes (15.63%), compared to that of the present-day population (6.6%), confirms the importance of the Canary Islands in the black slave trade of that epoch. The aboriginal substrate, inferred from the U6b1 haplotypes (8.59%), has also decreased due to European input. Finally, the presence of Amerindian lineages (1.5%) reveals that the Canary Islands have also received genetic flow from America. IS - 4 JF - American journal of physical anthropology SN - 0002-9483 AD - Departamento de Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, 38271 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. EP - 426 TI - Mitochondrial DNA diversity in 17th-18th century remains from Tenerife (Canary Islands). VL - 127 SP - 418 KW - 17th_century KW - 18th_century KW - africa KW - ancient KW - canary_islands KW - guanche KW - mtdna KW - slave_trade KW - tenerife KW - u6b1 AU - Maca-Meyer, N AU - Cabrera, VM AU - Arnay, M AU - Flores, C AU - Fregel, R AU - González, AM AU - Larruga, JM PY - 2005/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20148 ER -