@article{fdi:010072323, title = {{R}econstructing an {A}frican haploid genome from the 18th century}, author = {{J}agadeesan, {A}. and {G}unnarsdottir, {E}. {D}. and {E}benesersdottir, {S}. {S}. and {G}udmundsdottir, {V}. {B}. and {T}hordardottir, {E}. {L}. and {E}inarsdottir, {M}. {S}. and {J}onsson, {H}. and {D}ugoujon, {J}. {M}. and {F}ortes-{L}ima, {C}. and {M}igot {N}abias, {F}lorence and {M}assougbodji, {A}. and {B}ellis, {G}. and {P}ereira, {L}. and {M}asson, {G}. and {K}ong, {A}. and {S}tefansson, {K}. and {H}elgason, {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A} genome is a mosaic of chromosome fragments from ancestors who existed some arbitrary number of generations earlier. {H}ere, we reconstruct the genome of {H}ans {J}onatan ({HJ}), born in the {C}aribbean in 1784 to an enslaved {A}frican mother and {E}uropean father. {HJ} migrated to {I}celand in 1802, married and had two children. {W}e genotyped 182 of his 788 descendants using single-nucleotide polymorphism ({SNP}) chips and whole-genome sequenced ({WGS}) 20 of them. {U}sing these data, we reconstructed 38% of {HJ}'s maternal genome and inferred that his mother was from the region spanned by {B}enin, {N}igeria and {C}ameroon.}, keywords = {{AFRIQUE} ; {EUROPE} ; {ISLANDE} ; {BENIN} ; {NIGERIA} ; {CAMEROUN}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{N}ature {G}enetics}, volume = {50}, numero = {2}, pages = {199--205 [+4 p.]}, ISSN = {1061-4036}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.1038/s41588-017-0031-6}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072323}, }