Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas

@article{Micheletti2020GeneticCO, title={Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas}, author={Steven J. Micheletti and Katarzyna Bryc and Samantha G. Ancona Esselmann and William A. Freyman and Meghan E. Moreno and G. David Poznik and Anjali J. Shastri and M. S. A. R. S. S. S. K. P. P. K. B. D. K. E. Y. A. K. Agee Aslibekyan Auton Bell Clark Das Elson Fletez- and Michelle Agee and Stella W. Aslibekyan and Adam Auton and Robert K. Bell and Sarah K. Clark and S. Das and Sara Beth Elson and Kipper Fletez-Brant and Pierre Fontanillas and Pooja M. Gandhi and Karl Heilbron and Barry Hicks and David A. Hinds and Karen E. Huber and Ethan M. Jewett and Y. Jiang and Aaron Kleinman and K. Lin and N. F. Litterman and Jennifer C McCreight and Matthew H Mcintyre and Kimberly F. McManus and Sahar V. Mozaffari and Priyanka Nandakumar and Leigh Noblin and Carrie A. M. Northover and James O'Connell and Aaron A. Petrakovitz and S. Pitts and Janie F. Shelton and Suyash S. Shringarpure and Chao Tian and Joyce A. Tung and Robert J. Tunney and Vladimir Vacic and X. Wang and Amir S. Zare and Sandra Beleza and Joanna L. Mountain}, journal={American Journal of Human Genetics}, year={2020}, volume={107}, pages={265 - 277}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:222230119} }
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