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HLA Class-I diversity in Cameroon: evidence for a North-South structure of gene...
Spínola, Hélder; Couto, Ana Rita; Peixoto, Maria José; Anagnostou, Paolo; Destro-Bisol, Giovanni; Spedini, Gabriella; Lopéz-Larrea, CarlosHLA class I diversity (loci A, B and C) was analysed in four populations, two from North Cameroon (Podokwo and Uldeme) and two from South Cameroon (Ewondo and Bamileke). Northern and southern Cameroon populations show a substantial genetic diversity in terms of haplotype sharing and genetic distances, even despite the low percentage of variance due to differences among populations evidenced by analysis of molec...
Insights into the demographic history of african pygmies from complete mitochon...
Batini, Chiara; Lopes, Joao; Behar, Doron M.; Calafell, Francesc; Jorde, Lynn B.; van der Veen, Lolke; Quintana-Murci, Lluis; Spedini, GabriellaPygmy populations are among the few hunter-gatherers currently living in sub-Saharan Africa and are mainly represented by two groups, Eastern and Western, according to their current geographical distribution. They are scattered across the Central African belt and surrounded by Bantu-speaking farmers, with whom they have complex social and economic interactions. To investigate the demographic history of Pygmy gr...