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Prehistoric and historic traces in the mtDNA of Mozambique: insights into the Bantu expansions and the slave trade.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Sept 2001
Pereira L, Macaulay V, Torroni A, Scozzari R, Prata M J, Amorim A
Abstract excerpt
A sample of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the southeastern African population of Mozambique has been shown to have affinities with populations both to its north and south. From the north came sequences that may have been involved in the Bantu expansion (from western, through eastern, to southern Africa), such as members of haplogroups L3b, L3e1a and a subset of L1a. The dating of the major component of...
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