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| Title |
Interdisciplinary approach to the demography of Jamaica
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-24 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael L Deason, Antonio Salas, Simon P Newman, Vincent A Macaulay, Errol Y st A Morrison, Yannis P Pitsiladis |
| Abstract |
The trans-Atlantic slave trade dramatically changed the demographic makeup of the New World, with varying regions of the African coast exploited differently over roughly a 400 year period. When compared to the discrete mitochondrial haplotype distribution of historically appropriate source populations, the unique distribution within a specific source population can prove insightful in estimating the contribution of each population. Here, we analyzed the first hypervariable region of mitochondrial DNA in a sample from the Caribbean island of Jamaica and compared it to aggregated populations in Africa divided according to historiographically defined segments of the continent's coastline. The results from these admixture procedures were then compared to the wealth of historic knowledge surrounding the disembarkation of Africans on the island. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| South Africa | 1 | 11% |
| Jamaica | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 5 | 56% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 30 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 28 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 33% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 27% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 2 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 30% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 13% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 7% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. 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 13 July 2023.
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#1,767,434
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#418
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#9,489
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#6
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