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The Great Migration and African-American Genomic Diversity.
PLoS genetics - 1 May 2016
Baharian Soheil, Barakatt Maxime, Gignoux Christopher R, Shringarpure Suyash, Errington Jacob, Blot William J, Bustamante Carlos D, Kenny Eimear E, Williams Scott M, Aldrich Melinda C, Gravel Simon
Abstract excerpt
We present a comprehensive assessment of genomic diversity in the African-American population by studying three genotyped cohorts comprising 3,726 African-Americans from across the United States that provide a representative description of the population across all US states and socioeconomic status. An estimated 82.1% of ancestors to African-Americans lived in Africa prior to the advent of transatlantic travel,...
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