Working toward a synthesis of archaeological, linguistic, and genetic data for inferring African population history

被引:77
作者
Scheinfeldt, Laura B. [1 ]
Soi, Sameer [2 ]
Tishkoff, Sarah A. [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Dept Genet, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Genom & Computat Biol Grad Grp, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
genetic variation; human evolution; mitochondrial DNA; MODERN HUMAN-BEHAVIOR; GENOME-WIDE PATTERNS; HOMINID BURIAL SITE; MIDDLE STONE-AGE; Y-CHROMOSOME; MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA; LACTASE-PERSISTENCE; ESR DATES; BANTU EXPANSIONS; CHAD BASIN;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.1002563107
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Although Africa is the origin of modern humans, the pattern and distribution of genetic variation and correlations with cultural and linguistic diversity in Africa have been understudied. Recent advances in genomic technology, however, have led to genomewide studies of African samples. In this article, we discuss genetic variation in African populations contextualized with what is known about archaeological and linguistic variation. What emerges from this review is the importance of using independent lines of evidence in the interpretation of genetic and genomic data in the reconstruction of past population histories.
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页码:8931 / 8938
页数:8
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