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Tracing pastoralist migrations to southern Africa with lactase persistence alleles.

Current biology : CB - 14 Apr 2014

Macholdt Enrico, Lede Vera, Barbieri Chiara, Mpoloka Sununguko W, Chen Hua, Slatkin Montgomery, Pakendorf Brigitte, Stoneking Mark

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Although southern African Khoisan populations are often assumed to have remained largely isolated during prehistory, there is growing evidence for a migration of pastoralists from eastern Africa some 2,000 years ago, prior to the arrival of Bantu-speaking populations in southern Africa. Eastern Africa harbors distinctive lactase persistence (LP) alleles, and therefore LP alleles in southern African populations...

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PMID: 24704073
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.027
PMCID: PMC5102062

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