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The history of African gene flow into Southern Europeans, Levantines, and Jews.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2011
Moorjani Priya, Patterson Nick, Hirschhorn Joel N, Keinan Alon, Hao Li, Atzmon Gil, Burns Edward, Ostrer Harry, Price Alkes L, Reich David
Abstract excerpt
Previous genetic studies have suggested a history of sub-Saharan African gene flow into some West Eurasian populations after the initial dispersal out of Africa that occurred at least 45,000 years ago. However, there has been no accurate characterization of the proportion of mixture, or of its date. We analyze genome-wide polymorphism data from about 40 West Eurasian groups to show that almost all Southern...
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