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

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.

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Main 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
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8fda92929c8c49e5a1b6b54ed223b65f
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