Genetic Diversity in Africa

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A Geographic Map of Africa

Ethnolinguistic Map of Africa

Phenotypic Diversity of African Peoples

A Map of the African Diaspora

Publications

Chen Y-S, Olckers A, Schurr TG, Kogelnik A, Huoponen K, Wallace DC. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA variation in the southern African Kung and Khwe, and their genetic relationships to other African populations. Am J Hum Genet 66(4): 1362-1383.  Link

Schurr TG, Donham BP, Morreale SC, Panter-Brick C, Donham DL, Armelagos GJ, Wallace DC. 2005. Genetic diversity in modern African populations: Its use for reconstructing ancient and modern population movements. In: Reed D, editor. Biomolecular Archeology: Genetic Approaches to Reconstructing the Past. Carbondale: Center for Archeological Investigations, Occasional Paper No. 32, Southern Illinois University Press, pp. 169-207. Link

Stefflova K, Dulik MC, Pai AA, Walker AH, Zeigler-Johnson C, Gueye SM, Schurr TG, Rebbeck TR. 2009. Evaluation of group genetic ancestry of populations from Philadelphia and Dakar in the context of sex-biased admixture in the Americas. PLoS ONE 4(11): e7842.  Link

Fleskes RE, Bruwelheide KS, West FL, Owsley DW, Griffiths DR, Barc KG, Cabana GS, Schurr TG. 2019. Ancient DNA and bioarcheological perspectives on European and African diversity and relationships on the colonial Delaware frontier. Am J Phys Anthropol 170(2): 232-245.  Link

Fleskes RE, Ofunniyin AA, Gilmore J, Poplin E, Abel S, Juarez C, Bueschgen W, Butler N, Mishoe G, Oubré L, Cabana G, Schurr TG. 2021. Bioarcheological and genetic analysis of Anson Street burials and the legacy of slavery in Charleston, SC. Am J Phys Anthropol 175(1): 3-24. Link 

Zimmerman KP, Schurr TG, Chen W-M, Nayak U, Mychaleckyj JC, Quet Q, Moultire LH, Divers J, Keene KL, Kamen DL, Gilkeson GS, Hunt KJ, Sprulli IJ, Fernandes JK, Aldrich MA, Reich D, Garvey WT, Langefeld CD, Sale MM, Ramos PS. 2021. Genetic landscape of Gullah African Americans. Am J Phys Anthropol 1-15. [First published: 19 May 2021].  Link

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