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Genome-wide Ancestry and Demographic History of African-Descendant Maroon Communities from French Guiana and Suriname.
American journal of human genetics - 2 Nov 2017
Fortes-Lima Cesar, Gessain Antoine, Ruiz-Linares Andres, Bortolini Maria-Cátira, Migot-Nabias Florence, Bellis Gil, Moreno-Mayar J Víctor, Restrepo Berta Nelly, Rojas Winston, Avendaño-Tamayo Efren, Bedoya Gabriel, Orlando Ludovic, Salas Antonio, Helgason Agnar, Gilbert M Thomas P, Sikora Martin, Schroeder Hannes, Dugoujon Jean-Michel
Abstract excerpt
The transatlantic slave trade was the largest forced migration in world history. However, the origins of the enslaved Africans and their admixture dynamics remain unclear. To investigate the demographic history of African-descendant Marron populations, we generated genome-wide data (4.3 million markers) from 107 individuals from three African-descendant populations in South America, as well as 124 individuals...
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