Science and Technology : DNA analysis traces African slaves back to their roots

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DNA analysis traces African slaves back to their roots


... Schroeder and his team analyzed the DNA from teeth recovered from a construction site on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin back in 2010. They then used a different technique known as principal component analysis to compare that DNA with 11 modern West African reference populations. From that, they were able to conclude the individuals most likely came from Bantu-speaking groups in northern Cameroon and non-Bantu-speaking communities living in present-day Nigeria and Ghana ...


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Maxilla and mandible of one of the three 17th century skeletons from the Caribbean island of St. Martin showing a common type of African dental modification. Photo: CBS News


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dna-technique-offers-clues-to-origins-of-african-slaves/

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I was reading thru to see if this would be offered to the public. My hope is that if it was offered, that it would be affordable for all income levels. Why should a person not know because they can't afford the price.

Peace!
 
I was reading thru to see if this would be offered to the public. My hope is that if it was offered, that it would be affordable for all income levels. Why should a person not know because they can't afford the price.

Peace!



Very good question bro. Enki, but all I could find was this:


"People are working on this at the moment," Schroeder said of a project to sequence 4,000 African genomes that would provide more genetic information. "If one used that data set, the inferences could be precise. You could go down to particular ethnic groups or communities."


Remember, this discovery is very recent:


14 PHOTOS
African Burial Ground

Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/african-burial-ground/11/

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Humans Trekked Out of Africa Via Egypt, Study Suggests


The major gateway for modern humans out of Africa may have been Egypt, a new genetic analysis suggests.

This finding may help scientists reconstruct how humans evolved as they wandered across the globe, the researchers added ...




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A reconstruction of a human skull discovered in Laos (and described in 2012). New research suggests modern humans exited Africa through Egypt.


http://news.yahoo.com/humans-trekked-africa-via-egypt-study-suggests-161530170.html


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Genetic diversity of Sub-Saharan Africa revealed


... For example, people from South Africa are less likely to carry a genetic mutation that offers protection against malaria than those from other parts Africa.

And globally, Africans are more likely to have a greater risk of high blood pressure than Europeans ...


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This project aimed to look at the similarities and differences in genomes across Africa


http://genomicsnews.ca/en/contents/bbc-news-genetic-diversity-of-sub-saharan-africa-revealed.html

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