Genetic evidence for complexity in ethnic differentiation and history in East Africa.

doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00541.x

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Genetic evidence for complexity in ethnic differentiation and history in East Africa.

Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2009

Poloni Estella S, Naciri Yamama, Bucho Rute, Niba Régine, Kervaire Barbara, Excoffier Laurent, Langaney André, Sanchez-Mazas Alicia

Abstract excerpt

The Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan language families come into contact in Western Ethiopia. Ethnic diversity is particularly high in the South, where the Nilo-Saharan Nyangatom and the Afro-Asiatic Daasanach dwell. Despite their linguistic differentiation, both populations rely on a similar agripastoralist mode of subsistence. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA extracted from Nyangatom and Daasanach archival sera...

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Africa
DNA, Mitochondrial
Ethnicity
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Humans
Language
Phylogeny
Social Isolation

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PMID: 19706029
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00541.x

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