Multiple and differentiated contributions to the male gene pool of pastoral and farmer populations of the African Sahel

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-21

  Bučková, Jana ^a   Černý, Viktor ^b,c   Novelletto, Andrea ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Institute for Advanced Study   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

nomadic pastoralists; patrilocality; sedentary farmers; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENE POOL; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PHYLOGENY; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGRICULTURE; BURKINA FASO; CAMEROON; CHAD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENE POOL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NIGER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84876487208     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22236     Document Type: Article

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