Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Reveals Substantial Native American Ancestry in Puerto Rico
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. C. Martinez-Cruzado
G. Toro-Labrador
V. Gi-Fung
M. A. Estevez-Montero
A. Lobaina-Manzanet
et. al.
Human Biology, vol. 73, no. 4, August 2001, p. 491
Description
Even though Taino culture has been extinct for centuries, mitochondrial DNA evidence suggests that some Taino facial traits are still present.