Genetic structure of pastoral and farmer populations in the African Sahel

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2491-2500

  Erný, Viktor ^a   Pereira, Luísa ^b,c   Musilová, Elšika ^d   Kujanová, Martina ^d   Vašíková, Alžběta ^e   Blasi, Paola ^f   Garofalo, Luisa ^f   Soares, Pedro ^b   Diallo, Issa ^g   Brdička, Radim ^e   Novelletto, Andrea ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

African Sahel; farmers; mtDNA; pastoralists; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE POOL; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STATISTICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIA, CENTRAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC STRUCTURES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 80052146246     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr067     Document Type: Article

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