Genetic substructure and complex demographic history of South African Bantu speakers

Despite linguistic and geographic diversity in South Eastern Bantu-speaking (SEB) groups of South Africa, genetic variation in these groups has not been investigated in depth. Here, the authors analyse genome-wide data from 5056 individuals, providing insights into demographic history across SEB gro...

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Main Authors: Dhriti Sengupta, Ananyo Choudhury, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Shaun Aron, Gavin Whitelaw, Koen Bostoen, Hilde Gunnink, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri, Peter Delius, Stephen Tollman, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Shane Norris, Felistas Mashinya, Marianne Alberts, AWI-Gen Study, H3Africa Consortium, Scott Hazelhurst, Carina M. Schlebusch, Michèle Ramsay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22207-y