Alu insertion polymorphisms in the African Sahel and the origin of Fulani pastoralists

0477385 - ARÚ 2018 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Čížková, M. - Hofmanová, Z. - Mokhtar, M. G. - Janoušek, V. - Diallo, I. - Munclinger, P. - Černý, Viktor
Alu insertion polymorphisms in the African Sahel and the origin of Fulani pastoralists.
Annals of Human Biology. Roč. 44, č. 6 (2017), s. 537-545. ISSN 0301-4460. E-ISSN 1464-5033
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA13-37998S
Institutional support: RVO:67985912
Keywords : Alu insertions * Fulani nomads * Western African pastoralism * African Sahel
OECD category: Archaeology
Impact factor: 1.531, year: 2017

This study analyzes Alu polymorphisms in both sedentary and nomadic populations across the African Sahel in scope to provide an archaeogenetic contribution to issues concerning the origin of Western African pastoralism. Our results show some affinity of the Western Fulani pastoralists to Eastern Africans leading pastoral lifestyle as well. On the other hand, the relationships of the Fulani pastoralists with the Northern Africans are not that evident as for the uniparental genetic systems such as mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome. We suggest the contemporary Fulani pastoralists might be descendants of an ancient Eastern African population that crossed the Sahara where they shortly admixed with a population of the Eurasian ancestry.
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