Genetic Diversity in the Lesser Antilles and Its Implications for the Settlement of the Caribbean Basin.

ABSTRACT: Historical discourses about the Caribbean often chronicle West African and European influence to the general neglect of indigenous people's contributions to the contemporary region. Consequently, demographic histories of Caribbean people prior to and after European contact are not well understood. Although archeological evidence suggests that the Lesser Antilles were populated in a series of northward and eastern migratory waves, many questions remain regarding the relationship of the Caribbean migrants to other indigenous people of South and Central America and changes to the demography of indigenous communities post-European contact. To explore these issues, we analyzed mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome diversity in 12 unrelated individuals from the First Peoples Community in Arima, Tri

SUBMITTER: Benn Torres J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4598113 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature