Mitogenomes illuminate the origin and migration patterns of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands
Rosa Fregel, Alejandra C. Ordóñez, Jonathan Santana, Vicente M. Cabrera, Javier Velasco Vázquez, Verónica Alberto Barroso, Marco Moreno-Benítez, Teresa Delgado‐Darias, Amelia Rodríguez Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Hernández, Jorge Pais, Rafaela González‐Montelongo, Jose Miguel Lorenzo-Salazar, Carlos Flores, M. Carmen Cruz-de-Mercadal, , Carlos D. Bustamante
The paper analyzes ancient mitogenomes from the Canary Islands to trace the origin and migration patterns of indigenous populations, identifying new lineages and supporting a model of two distinct migrations.
PLoS ONE · Mar 20, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics