Nested Admixture During and After the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on the Island of São Tomé.

Abstract excerpt

Human genetic admixture, involving the contact between two or more previously isolated populations, can be a complex process influenced by social dynamics. In this study, we aim to reconstruct complex admixture histories in São Tomé, an island in the Gulf of Guinea where the Portuguese established one of the first plantation-based slave societies. Since the 15th century, migration waves from Africa and Europe,...

Topics

• Humans
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Black People
• Genetics, Population
• White People
• Enslavement