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

Černý, Viktor; Salas, Antonio; Hájek, Martin; Žaloudková, Margit; Brdička, R

doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00339.x

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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

Published in Annals of Human Genetics • Jan 18, 2007

Authors:

Viktor Černý

Antonio Salas

Martin Hájek

Abstract

The Chad Basin was sparsely inhabited during the Stone Age, and its continual settlement began with the Holocene. The role played by Lake Chad in the history and migration patterns of Africa is still unclear. We studied the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variability in 448 individuals from 12 ethnically ...

Subject

Structural basin

Geography

Mitochondrial DNA

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