The genetic structure and history of Africans and African Americans.

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Published in Science on April 30, 2009

Authors

Sarah A Tishkoff1, Floyd A Reed, Françoise R Friedlaender, Christopher Ehret, Alessia Ranciaro, Alain Froment, Jibril B Hirbo, Agnes A Awomoyi, Jean-Marie Bodo, Ogobara Doumbo, Muntaser Ibrahim, Abdalla T Juma, Maritha J Kotze, Godfrey Lema, Jason H Moore, Holly Mortensen, Thomas B Nyambo, Sabah A Omar, Kweli Powell, Gideon S Pretorius, Michael W Smith, Mahamadou A Thera, Charles Wambebe, James L Weber, Scott M Williams

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. tishkoff@mail.med.upenn.edu

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