ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2021
So many Nigerians: why is Nigeria overrepresented as the ancestral genetic homeland of Legacy African North Americans?
Article in American journal of human genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- The genetic legacy of African Americans from Catoctin Furnace.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Dense sampling of ethnic groups within African countries reveals fine-scale genetic structure and extensive historical admixture.Science advances · 2023Article
- Community-engaged ancient DNA project reveals diverse origins of 18th-century African descendants in Charleston, South Carolina.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Core issues, case studies, and the need for expanded Legacy African American genomics.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
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Abstract
The genetics of African North Americans are complex amalgamations of various West and Central African peoples with modest gene flow from specific European and Amerindian peoples. A comprehensive understanding of African North American biohistory is a prerequisite for accurate interpretations of the ancestral genetics of this population. Too often, genetic interpretations falter with ahistorical reconstructions. The recently reported overrepresentation of Nigerian lineages in African North Americans reflects pronounced limitations in the African genomic database, the artificiality of the colonial maps of Africa, the contributions of multiple African empires and kingdoms into the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, and the overrepresentation of Yoruba peoples in the existing limited representation of West Africans in public genomic databases. This Matters Arising paper is in response to Micheletti et al. (2020), published in The American Journal of Human Genetics. See also the response by Micheletti et al. (2020), published in this issue.
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