Genome-wide ancestry of 17th-century enslaved Africans from the Caribbean.
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serval:BIB_41B4BBA8A768
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Genome-wide ancestry of 17th-century enslaved Africans from the Caribbean.
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN
1091-6490 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0027-8424
Publication state
Published
Issued date
24/03/2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
112
Number
12
Pages
3669-3673
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Between 1500 and 1850, more than 12 million enslaved Africans were transported to the New World. The vast majority were shipped from West and West-Central Africa, but their precise origins are largely unknown. We used genome-wide ancient DNA analyses to investigate the genetic origins of three enslaved Africans whose remains were recovered on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. We trace their origins to distinct subcontinental source populations within Africa, including Bantu-speaking groups from northern Cameroon and non-Bantu speakers living in present-day Nigeria and Ghana. To our knowledge, these findings provide the first direct evidence for the ethnic origins of enslaved Africans, at a time for which historical records are scarce, and demonstrate that genomic data provide another type of record that can shed new light on long-standing historical questions.
Keywords
Africa/ethnology, Algorithms, Archaeology, Bayes Theorem, Black People/genetics, Caribbean Region/ethnology, Chromosomes, Human, Y/genetics, Cluster Analysis, DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics, Enslaved Persons, Enslavement, Ethnicity/genetics, Genetic Markers, Genetics, Population, Genome, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Haplotypes, Humans, Likelihood Functions, Principal Component Analysis, Probability, Sequence Analysis, DNA, ancient DNA, genomics, slave trade
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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