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Whole-genome sequencing for an enhanced understanding of genetic variation among South Africans

Authors :
Ananyo Choudhury
Michèle Ramsay
Scott Hazelhurst
Shaun Aron
Soraya Bardien
Gerrit Botha
Emile R. Chimusa
Alan Christoffels
Junaid Gamieldien
Mahjoubeh J. Sefid-Dashti
Fourie Joubert
Ayton Meintjes
Nicola Mulder
Raj Ramesar
Jasper Rees
Kathrine Scholtz
Dhriti Sengupta
Himla Soodyall
Philip Venter
Louise Warnich
Michael S. Pepper
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

African populations show a high level of genetic diversity and extensive regional admixture. Here, the authors sequence the whole genomes of 24 South African individuals of different ethnolinguistic origin and find substantive genomic divergence between two southeastern Bantu-speaking groups.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8fda92929c8c49e5a1b6b54ed223b65f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00663-9