MtDNA haplogroup analysis of black Brazilian and sub-Saharan populations: implications for the Atlantic slave trade.
Seventy individuals from two African and four black Brazilian populations were studied for the first hypervariable segment of mtDNA. To delineate a more complete phylogeographic scenario of the African mtDNA haplogroups in Brazil and to provide additional information on the nature of the Atlantic slave trade, we analyzed our data together with previously published data. The results indicate different sources of African slaves for the four major Brazilian regions. In addition, the data revealed patterns that differ from those expected on the basis of historical registers, thus suggesting the role of ethnic sex differences in the slave trade.
Silva
Wilson Araújo
WA
Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Bortolini
Maria Cátira
MC
Schneider
Maria Paula Cruz
MP
Marrero
Andrea
A
Elion
Jacques
J
Krishnamoorthy
Rajagopal
R
Zago
Marco Antonio
MA
D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D001938:Brazil; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000379:methods*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial