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Genetic structure of human populations.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 20 Dec 2002
Rosenberg Noah A, Pritchard Jonathan K, Weber James L, Cann Howard M, Kidd Kenneth K, Zhivotovsky Lev A, Feldman Marcus W
Abstract excerpt
We studied human population structure using genotypes at 377 autosomal microsatellite loci in 1056 individuals from 52 populations. Within-population differences among individuals account for 93 to 95% of genetic variation; differences among major groups constitute only 3 to 5%. Nevertheless, without using prior information about the origins of individuals, we identified six main genetic clusters, five of which...
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