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A bidirectional corridor in the Sahel-Sudan belt and the distinctive features of the Chad Basin populations: a history revealed by the mitochondrial DNA genome

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    SYSNO ASEP0089702
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JOstatní články
    TitleA bidirectional corridor in the Sahel-Sudan belt and the distinctive features of the Chad Basin populations: a history revealed by the mitochondrial DNA genome
    TitleDvousměrný koridor v sahelo-súdánském pásmu a zvláštní rysy populací Čadské pánve: historie mitochondriálního genomu
    Author(s) Černý, Viktor (ARU-G) RID, SAI, ORCID
    Salas, A. (ES)
    Hájek, Martin (ARU-G)
    Žaloudková, M. (CZ)
    Brdička, R. (CZ)
    Source TitleAnnals of Human Genetics - ISSN 0003-4800
    Roč. 71, č. 4 (2007), s. 433-452
    Number of pages19 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsarchaeogenetics ; mitochondrial DNA ; sub-Saharan Africa
    Subject RIVAC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
    R&D ProjectsGA404/03/0318 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    CEZAV0Z80020508 - ARU-G (2005-2011)
    AnnotationThe Chad Basin was sparsely inhabited during the Stone Age, and its continual settlement begins with the Holocene. The role played by Lake Chad in the history and migration patterns of Africa is still unclear. The authors studied the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variability in 448 individuals from 12 ethnically and/or economically (agricultural/pastoral) different populations from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. The data indicates the importance of this region as a corridor connecting East and West Africa; however, it was observed that the input from these regions did not erase features peculiar to Chad Basin populations. A new sub-clade, L3f2, is described, which together with L3e5, is most probably autochthonous in the Chad Basin. The phylogeography of these two sub-haplogroups seems to indicate prehistoric expansion events in the Chad Basin around 28,950 and 11,400 Y.B.P., respectively.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Archaeology (Prague)
    ContactLada Šlesingerová, slesingerova@arup.cas.cz, Tel.: 257 014 412
    Year of Publishing2008
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