Genetic variation reveals large-scale population expansion and migration during the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1793, 2014, Pages

  Li, Sen ^a,c   Schlebusch, Carina ^a   Jakobsson, Mattias ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Approximate Bayesian computation; Bantu speakers; Migration; Population expansion

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY); LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL HISTORY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84945546310     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1448     Document Type: Article

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