Tales of human migration, admixture, and selection in Africa

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue , 2018, Pages 405-428

  Schlebusch, Carina M ^a,b,c   Jakobsson, Mattias ^a,b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

admixture; Africa; farming; human emergence; human history; human migration; population structure

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUNTER-GATHERER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REVIEW; BLACK PERSON; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 85053402604     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: 1545293X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083117-021759     Document Type: Review

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