Ethiopian genetic diversity reveals linguistic stratification and complex influences on the Ethiopian gene pool

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-96

  Pagani, Luca ^a,b   Kivisild, Toomas ^a   Tarekegn, Ayele ^c   Ekong, Rosemary ^d   Plaster, Chris ^d   Gallego Romero, Irene ^b   Ayub, Qasim ^b   Mehdi, S Qasim ^e   Thomas, Mark G ^d   Luiselli, Donata ^f   Bekele, Endashaw ^c   Bradman, Neil ^d   Balding, David J ^d   Tyler Smith, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE POOL; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; STRATIFICATION; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; SUDAN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863986908     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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