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Patterns of African and Asian admixture in the Afrikaner population of South Africa.
BMC biology - 24 Feb 2020
Hollfelder N, Erasmus J C, Hammaren R, Vicente M, Jakobsson M, Greeff J M, Schlebusch C M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Afrikaner population of South Africa is the descendants of European colonists who started to colonize the Cape of Good Hope in the 1600s. In the early days of the colony, mixed unions between European males and non-European females gave rise to admixed children who later became incorporated into either the Afrikaner or the Coloured populations of South Africa. Differences in ancestry, social...
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