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The influence of clan structure on the genetic variation in a single Ghanaian village.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Oct 2013
Sanchez-Faddeev Hernando, Pijpe Jeroen, van der Hulle Tom, Meij Hans J, van der Gaag Kristiaan J, Slagboom P Eline, Westendorp Rudi G J, de Knijff Peter
Abstract excerpt
Socioeconomic and cultural factors are thought to have an important role in influencing human population genetic structure. To explain such population structure differences, most studies analyse genetic differences among widely dispersed human populations. In contrast, we have studied the genetic structure of an ethnic group occupying a single village in north-eastern Ghana. We found a markedly skewed male...
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