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[QUOTE]Originally posted by xyyman: [QB] This should be an interesting paper. ---- Complete mitochondrial genomes provide additional evidence on the geographical origin of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands Rosa Fregel 1Carlos D. Bustamante 1 Abstract: Deciphering the [b]geographic origin of the Canary Islands’ indigenous inhabitants[/b] has fascinated both scholars and the general public. Ancient DNA (aDNA) evidence, based on PCR techniques, has confirmed the presence of North African mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages in the indigenous people, including the North African U6 haplogroup. In fact, one striking result was the discovery of the U6b1a sub-haplogroup, which is exclusively observed in ancient and modern populations of the Canary Islands, and it is[b] absent in North Africa[/b]. Classical aDNA techniques have provided valuable information, but results have been always hindered by the risk of modern contamination. Moreover, PCR-based analyses are limited to a small portion of the mtDNA genome and important information from the coding region is unavailable. presence of additional autochthonous lineages that mimic the distribution observed for U6b1a. By using whole-genome sequences of indigenous samples, we have been able to identify additional autochthonous lineages that mimic the distribution observed for U6b1a. Those Canarian-specific haplogroups are sublineages of the Eurasian H, J and T, and the [b]African L3 macrohaplogroups[/b]. With this refined phylogeographic information we will be able to unequivocally assess the indigenous origin of maternal lineages [b]observed in the modern Canarian population.[/b] Apart from its clear significance for understanding the demographic history of the Guanche population, the results obtained in this project are also of paramount importance for the Canarian society. The success of projects and companies providing ancestry information indicates how[b] people crave knowledge about their origin[/b]. This is especially true for the Canary Islands. The indigenous population plays an important role on the identity of the modern inhabitants of the Canary Islands, who are very interested in knowing as much as possible about this part of their history. However, due to the mystical aura that has always surrounded the Guanche population since the first European chroniclers started writing about them,[b] misleading and pseudo-scientific information is sometimes fed to the public and accepted as fact. It is the responsibility of scientists to provide society with evidence and help providing insight to differentiate what is fact and what is myth.[/b] This project will allow us to keep answering those questions with state-of-the-art methods in the field. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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