Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal.
Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), 4099-002 Porto, Portugal.
Genes (Basel). 2022 Sep 23;13(10):1712. doi: 10.3390/genes13101712.
Similar to other South American regions, Tierra del Fuego has an admixed population characterized by distinct ancestors: Native Americans who first occupied the continent, European settlers who arrived from the late 15th century onwards, and Sub-Saharan Africans who were brought to the Americas for slave labor. To disclose the paternal lineages in the current population from Tierra del Fuego, 196 unrelated males were genotyped for 23 Y-STRs and 52 Y-SNPs. Haplotype and haplogroup diversities were high, indicating the absence of strong founder or drift events. A high frequency of Eurasian haplogroups was detected (94.4%), followed by Native American (5.1%) and African (0.5%) ones. The haplogroup R was the most abundant (48.5%), with the sub-haplogroup R-S116* taking up a quarter of the total dataset. Comparative analyses with other Latin American populations showed similarities with other admixed populations from Argentina. Regarding Eurasian populations, Tierra del Fuego presented similarities with Italian and Iberian populations. In an in-depth analysis of the haplogroup R-M269 and its subtypes, Tierra del Fuego displayed a close proximity to the Iberian Peninsula. The results from this study are in line with the historical records and reflect the severe demographic change led mainly by male newcomers with paternal European origin.
与其他南美地区一样,火地岛的人口是混合的,具有明显的祖先特征:第一批占领该大陆的美洲原住民、16 世纪末以来抵达的欧洲移民,以及被带到美洲从事奴隶劳动的撒哈拉以南非洲人。为了揭示火地岛当前人口的父系血统,对 196 名无关男性进行了 23 个 Y-STR 和 52 个 Y-SNP 的基因分型。单倍型和单倍群多样性很高,表明没有强烈的奠基者或漂变事件。检测到欧亚大陆单倍群的高频(94.4%),其次是美洲原住民(5.1%)和非洲人(0.5%)。单倍群 R 最为丰富(48.5%),亚单倍群 R-S116*占总数据集的四分之一。与其他拉丁美洲人群的比较分析显示,与阿根廷的其他混合人群相似。关于欧亚大陆人群,火地岛与意大利和伊比利亚半岛人群相似。在对 R-M269 及其亚型的深入分析中,火地岛与伊比利亚半岛关系密切。这项研究的结果与历史记录相符,反映了主要由具有欧洲父系血统的男性新来者带来的严重人口变化。