The peopling of the African continent and the diaspora into the new world

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• Alternative Title:
  Curr Opin Genet Dev
• Personal Author:
  Campbell, Michael C ; Hirbo, Jibril B ; Townsend, Jeffrey P ; Tishkoff, Sarah A
• Description:
  Africa is the birthplace of anatomically modern humans, and is the geographic origin of human migration across the globe within the last 100,000 years. The history of African populations has consisted of a number of demographic events that have influenced patterns of genetic and phenotypic variation across the continent. With the increasing amount of genomic data and corresponding developments in computational methods, researchers are able to explore long-standing evolutionary questions, expanding our understanding of human history within and outside of Africa. This review will summarize some of the recent findings regarding African demographic history, including the African Diaspora, and will briefly explore their implications for disease susceptibility in populations of African descent.
• Subjects:
  Black People Evolution, Molecular Genetic Predisposition To Disease Genetic Variation Geography Human Migration Humans Models, Genetic Phylogeny
• Source:
  Curr Opin Genet Dev. 29:120-132.
• Pubmed ID:
  25461616
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4308437
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5DP1ES022577 05/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; DP1 ES022577/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; P30 AI045008/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000142/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Africa
• Volume:
  29
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b59c0f35ea1d343b0b36292a2a21ed518bd7415b452c465f1069ab99cb1808f4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30267/cdc_30267_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]