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Genetic origin, admixture, and asymmetry in maternal and paternal human lineages in Cuba

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Ecology and Evolution, July 2008
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Title
Genetic origin, admixture, and asymmetry in maternal and paternal human lineages in Cuba
Published in
BMC Ecology and Evolution, July 2008
DOI 10.1186/1471-2148-8-213
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Authors

Isabel Mendizabal, Karla Sandoval, Gemma Berniell-Lee, Francesc Calafell, Antonio Salas, Antonio Martínez-Fuentes, David Comas

Abstract

Before the arrival of Europeans to Cuba, the island was inhabited by two Native American groups, the Tainos and the Ciboneys. Most of the present archaeological, linguistic and ancient DNA evidence indicates a South American origin for these populations. In colonial times, Cuban Native American people were replaced by European settlers and slaves from Africa. It is still unknown however, to what extent their genetic pool intermingled with and was 'diluted' by the arrival of newcomers. In order to investigate the demographic processes that gave rise to the current Cuban population, we analyzed the hypervariable region I (HVS-I) and five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) coding region in 245 individuals, and 40 Y-chromosome SNPs in 132 male individuals.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 3%
Spain 2 2%
Brazil 2 2%
Australia 2 2%
Chile 1 <1%
Cuba 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Uruguay 1 <1%
Other 2 2%
Unknown 90 85%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 25%
Researcher 21 20%
Student > Master 11 10%
Professor 8 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 6%
Other 22 21%
Unknown 12 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 53 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 13%
Social Sciences 8 8%
Arts and Humanities 5 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 4%
Other 10 9%
Unknown 12 11%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2024.
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