Reconstructing an African haploid genome from the 18th century.
Jagadeesan A, Gunnarsdóttir ED, Ebenesersdóttir SS, Guðmundsdóttir VB, Thordardottir EL, Einarsdóttir MS, Jónsson H, Dugoujon JM, Fortes-Lima C, Migot-Nabias F, Massougbodji A, Bellis G, Pereira L, Másson G, Kong A, Stefánsson K, Helgason A.
Jagadeesan A, et al.
Nat Genet. 2018 Feb;50(2):199-205. doi: 10.1038/s41588-017-0031-6. Epub 2018 Jan 15.
Nat Genet. 2018.
PMID: 29335549
A genome is a mosaic of chromosome fragments from ancestors who existed some arbitrary number of generations earlier. Here, we reconstruct the genome of Hans Jonatan (HJ), born in the Caribbean in 1784 to an enslaved African mother and European father. ...
A genome is a mosaic of chromosome fragments from ancestors who existed some arbitrary number of generations earlier. Here, we reconstruct t …