The demographic history and mutational load of African hunter-gatherers and farmers

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 721-730

  Lopez, Marie ^a,b   Kousathanas, Athanasios ^a,b   Quach, Hélène ^a,b   Harmant, Christine ^a,b   Mouguiama Daouda, Patrick ^c,d   Hombert, Jean Marie ^d   Froment, Alain ^e   Perry, George H ^f   Barreiro, Luis B ^g   Verdu, Paul ^b   Patin, Etienne ^a,b   Quintana Murci, Lluís ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ OMAR BONGO   (Gabon)

^d Institut des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; EXOME; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN FOREST;

AFRICA; EXOME; FARMERS; GENE FLOW; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST;

EID: 85043704465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0496-4     Document Type: Review

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