Complex Patterns of Genomic Admixture within Southern Africa

• Published in: PLoS genetics Vol. 9; no. 3; p. e1003309
• Main Authors: Petersen, Desiree C., Libiger, Ondrej, Tindall, Elizabeth A., Hardie, Rae-Anne, Hannick, Linda I., Glashoff, Richard H., Mukerji, Mitali, Fernandez, Pedro, Haacke, Wilfrid, Schork, Nicholas J., Hayes, Vanessa M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.03.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Africa, Southern; African Continental Ancestry Group - genetics; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - genetics; Biological diversity; Biology; Blood transfusions; Colleges & universities; Dispersal; DNA, Mitochondrial; European Continental Ancestry Group - genetics; Female; Gender; Genes; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Genome, Human; Genomes; Genomics; Genotype; Humans; Male; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Africa, Southern; South Africa

Within-population genetic diversity is greatest within Africa, while between-population genetic diversity is directly proportional to geographic distance. The most divergent contemporary human populations include the click-speaking forager peoples of southern Africa, broadly defined as Khoesan. Both...