The episode of genetic drift defining the migration of humans out of africa is derived from a large east african population size

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Elhassan, Nuha ^a   Gebremeskel, Eyoab Iyasu ^a,b   Elnour, Mohamed Ali ^a   Isabirye, Dan ^c   Okello, John ^c   Hussien, Ayman ^a   Kwiatksowski, Dominic ^d   Hirbo, Jibril ^e   Tishkoff, Sara ^e   Ibrahim, Muntaser E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Eritrea Institute of Technology   (Eritrea)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; EAST AFRICAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MT CO2 GENE; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BLACK PERSON; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84901315024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097674     Document Type: Article

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