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The Paternal Landscape along the Bight of Benin - Testing Regional Representativeness of West-African Population Samples Using Y-Chromosomal Markers.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Larmuseau Maarten H D, Vessi Andrea, Jobling Mark A, Van Geystelen Anneleen, Primativo Giuseppina, Biondi Gianfranco, Martínez-Labarga Cristina, Ottoni Claudio, Decorte Ronny, Rickards Olga
Abstract excerpt
Patterns of genetic variation in human populations across the African continent are still not well studied in comparison with Eurasia and America, despite the high genetic and cultural diversity among African populations. In population and forensic genetic studies a single sample is often used to represent a complete African region. In such a scenario, inappropriate sampling strategies and/or the use of local,...
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