Article
Sociocultural behavior, sex-biased admixture, and effective population sizes in Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Apr 2013
Verdu Paul, Becker Noémie S A, Froment Alain, Georges Myriam, Grugni Viola, Quintana-Murci Lluis, Hombert Jean-Marie, Van der Veen Lolke, Le Bomin Sylvie, Bahuchet Serge, Heyer Evelyne, Austerlitz Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
Sociocultural phenomena, such as exogamy or phylopatry, can largely determine human sex-specific demography. In Central Africa, diverging patterns of sex-specific genetic variation have been observed between mobile hunter-gatherer Pygmies and sedentary agricultural non-Pygmies. However, their sex-specific demography remains largely unknown. Using population genetics and approximate Bayesian computation...
Topics
- Africa, Central
- Bayes Theorem
- Cluster Analysis
- Cultural Characteristics
- Female
- Genes, Mitochondrial
- Genes, X-Linked
- Genes, Y-Linked
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population