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The influence of admixture and consanguinity on population genetic diversity in Middle East.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2014
Yang Xiong, Al-Bustan Suzanne, Feng Qidi, Guo Wei, Ma Zhiming, Marafie Makia, Jacob Sindhu, Al-Mulla Fahd, Xu Shuhua
Abstract excerpt
The Middle East (ME) is an important crossroad where modern humans migrated 'out of Africa' and spread into Europe and Asia. After the initial peopling and long-term isolation leading to well-differentiated populations, the ME also had a crucial role in subsequent human migrations among Africa, Europe and Asia; thus, recent population admixture has been common in the ME. On the other hand, consanguinity, a...
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