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A predominant European ancestry of paternal lineages from Canary Islanders.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Mar 2003
Flores C, Maca-Meyer N, Pérez J A, González A M, Larruga J M, Cabrera V M
Abstract excerpt
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...
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