Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Rebuilding the genome of a hidden ethnicity

Link: Rebuilding the genome of a hidden ethnicity

The Taínos were the first Native Americans to meet European explorers in the Caribbean — and they soon fell victim to the diseases and violence brought by the outsiders. Today, the genomes of most if not all descendents of Taínos now contain few of the unique markers that characterized their ancestors.




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