Admixture and Sexual Bias in the Population Settlement of La Reunion Island (Indian Ocean).
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Berniell-Lee, Gemma; Plaza, Stephanie; Bosch, Elena; Calafell, Francesc; Jourdan, Eric; Césari, Maya; Lefranc, Gérard; Comas, David
- Source
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology. May2008, Vol. 136 Issue 1, p100-107. 8p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 2 Graphs.
- Subject
- *HUMAN sexuality
*POPULATION
*DNA
*MITOCHONDRIA
*ETHNICITY
*MOLECULES
*CHROMOSOMES
*COLONIZATION
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
The article analyzes the admixture and sexual bias in the population settlement of La Reunion Island located in the Indian Ocean wherein multiple ethnic origins occurred. Hypervariable regions I and II of the mitochondrial deoxy ribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule and the Y-chromosomes of the samples were examined and the results show that the populations may have witnessed strong founder effects during colonization process. The admixture events were mainly evident on male and female settlers.