Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Philadelphia --People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or as much as 99 percent, just one finding of a large-scale, genome-wide study of African and African-American ancestry released today.An international research team led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University has collected and analyzed genotype data from 365 African-Americans, 203 people from 12 West African populations and 400 Europeans from 42 countries to provide a genome-wide perspective of African and African-American ancestry.Photograph by Sarah Tishkoff, University of Pennsylvania, taken during a day of data collection in a study area within Africa The data reveal genomic diversity among African and African-American populations far more complex than originally thought and reflect deep historical, cultural and linguistic impacts on gene flow among populations.The data also point to the ability of geneticists to reliably discern ancestry using such data. 1 et al.: Genetic Study Clarifies African and African-American Ancestry
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7065996550