Reference Type: Journal Article

Record Number: 36

Author: C. Flores, N. Maca-Meyer, J. A. Perez, A. M. Gonzalez, J. M. Larruga and V. M. Cabrera

Year: 2003

Title: A predominant European ancestry of paternal lineages from Canary Islanders

Journal: Ann Hum Genet

Volume: 67

Issue: Pt 2

Pages: 138-52

Epub Date: 2003/04/05

Date: Mar

Short Title: A predominant European ancestry of paternal lineages from Canary Islanders

ISSN: 0003-4800 (Print)

DOI: 015 [pii],

Accession Number: 12675689

Keywords: Africa, Alleles, *Chromosomes, Human, Y, DNA, Mitochondrial, Emigration and Immigration, Europe, Fathers, Genetic Variation, Genotype, Haplotypes, Humans, Male, *Microsatellite Repeats, Phylogeny, Polymorphism, Genetic, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Spain,

Abstract: 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 (<10%). On the basis of distribution and dating of some of these lineages we derived a genetic perspective of settlement processes of the archipelago in two stages, congruent with anthropological, archaeological and linguistic findings.

Notes: Flores, C, Maca-Meyer, N, Perez, J A, Gonzalez, A M, Larruga, J M, Cabrera, V M, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, England, Annals of human genetics, Ann Hum Genet. 2003 Mar;67(Pt 2):138-52.,

Author Address: Departamento de Genetica, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands.

Language: eng