A Predominant European Ancestry of Paternal Lineages from Canary Islanders

Summary 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, arg...

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Published in:Annals of human genetics 2003-03, Vol.67 (2), p.138-152
Main Authors: Flores, C., Maca‐Meyer, N., Pérez, J. A., González, A. M., Larruga, J. M., Cabrera, V. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Alleles
Biological and medical sciences
Chromosomes, Human, Y
DNA, Mitochondrial
Emigration and Immigration
Europe
Fathers
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genetic Variation
Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution
Genotype
Haplotypes
Human
Humans
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Population genetics, reproduction patterns
Spain
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Summary:Summary 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 (
ISSN:0003-4800
1469-1809
DOI:10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00015.x