Title |
Genetic origin, admixture, and asymmetry in maternal and paternal human lineages in Cuba
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, July 2008
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-8-213 |
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Authors |
Isabel Mendizabal, Karla Sandoval, Gemma Berniell-Lee, Francesc Calafell, Antonio Salas, Antonio Martínez-Fuentes, David Comas |
Abstract |
Before the arrival of Europeans to Cuba, the island was inhabited by two Native American groups, the Tainos and the Ciboneys. Most of the present archaeological, linguistic and ancient DNA evidence indicates a South American origin for these populations. In colonial times, Cuban Native American people were replaced by European settlers and slaves from Africa. It is still unknown however, to what extent their genetic pool intermingled with and was 'diluted' by the arrival of newcomers. In order to investigate the demographic processes that gave rise to the current Cuban population, we analyzed the hypervariable region I (HVS-I) and five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) coding region in 245 individuals, and 40 Y-chromosome SNPs in 132 male individuals. |
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Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 3% |
Spain | 2 | 2% |
Brazil | 2 | 2% |
Australia | 2 | 2% |
Chile | 1 | <1% |
Cuba | 1 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
Other | 2 | 2% |
Unknown | 90 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 25% |
Researcher | 21 | 20% |
Student > Master | 11 | 10% |
Professor | 8 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
Other | 22 | 21% |
Unknown | 12 | 11% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 53 | 50% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 13% |
Social Sciences | 8 | 8% |
Arts and Humanities | 5 | 5% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
Other | 10 | 9% |
Unknown | 12 | 11% |