Rando J C, Cabrera V M, Larruga J M, Hernández M, González A M, Pinto F, Bandelt H J
Departamento de Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Ann Hum Genet. 1999 Sep;63(Pt 5):413-28. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.1999.6350413.x.
Although the Canary Islands were settled by humans, possibly of Berber origin, as late as 2500 years ago, the precise course and numbers of early migrations to the archipelago remain controversial. We have therefore analysed mtDNA variation (HVS-I as well as selected RFLP sites) in 300 individuals from the seven Canary Islands. The distribution and variation across the islands in a specific mtDNA clade of Northwest African ancestry suggest that there was one dominant initial settlement process that affected all the islands, from east to west. This indicates that a certain genetic affinity of present-day Canary Islanders to Northwest African Berbers mainly stems from the autochthonous population rather than slaves captured on the neighbouring African coast. The slave trade after the European conquest left measurable, though minor, traces in the mtDNA pool of the Canary Islands, which in its majority testifies to the European immigration.
尽管加那利群岛直到2500年前才开始有人类定居，这些人可能来自柏柏尔族，但早期向该群岛迁徙的确切过程和人数仍存在争议。因此，我们分析了来自加那利群岛七个岛屿的300个人的线粒体DNA变异（高变区I以及选定的限制性片段长度多态性位点）。具有西北非血统的特定线粒体DNA分支在各岛屿间的分布和变异表明，存在一个占主导地位的初始定居过程，该过程从东到西影响了所有岛屿。这表明，当今加那利群岛居民与西北非柏柏尔人之间的某种遗传亲缘关系主要源于当地居民，而非从邻近非洲海岸捕获的奴隶。欧洲征服后的奴隶贸易在加那利群岛的线粒体DNA库中留下了可测量的、尽管微小的痕迹，而线粒体DNA库大多证明了欧洲移民的情况。
