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Article: The African American DNA roots project. (South Carolina Academy of Sciences Abstracts).(Brief Article)
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- Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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This project was designed to determine if particular sequences of DNA could link African Americans to specific ethnic groups in West Africa. The hypothesis is that although various types of African DNAs may be found throughout Africa, DNAs distinct to a single ethnic group or set of related ethnic groups may also be found. To begin to test this hypothesis, samples of buccal cells were take from male representatives of four ethnic groups found in Sierra Leone; the Mende, Temne, Limba, and Loko. From each sample, the DNA was extracted from the cells, amplified and tested to identify the particular type of DNA known as the haplotype. Two types of DNAs were studied: ...
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