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ArticleNature2023

A weakly structured stem for human origins in Africa.

Aaron P Ragsdale, Timothy D Weaver, Elizabeth G Atkinson, Eileen G Hoal, Marlo Möller, Brenna M Henn, Simon Gravel

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 51 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed
235.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Aaron P RagsdaleDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Timothy D WeaverDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Elizabeth G AtkinsonDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6308-776X
Eileen G HoalDSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6444-5688
Marlo MöllerDSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0805-6741
Brenna M HennDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. bmhenn@ucdavis.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4998-287X
Simon GravelDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. simon.gravel@mcgill.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9183-964X
South African Medical Research Council · ZABaylor College of Medicine · USMcGill Genome Centre · CAUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of California System · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

IRACDA - The New York Consortium for the Advancement of Postdoctoral Scholars (NY CAPS)Phase IIK12GM102778 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI Carol A. Carter, Karian Janice Wright · 2012 to 2026
$13.1M
Supplement: Improving Inference of Genetic Architecture and Selection with African GenomesR35GM133531 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI HENN, BRENNA M · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
A framework enabling the genomic analysis of psychiatric traits across admixed populations.K01MH121659 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ATKINSON, ELIZABETH GRACE · 2019 to 2022
$719k
NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM102778NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133531NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH121659
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite broad agreement that Homo sapiens originated in Africa, considerable uncertainty surrounds specific models of divergence and migration across the continent

Indexed as

Genetics, PopulationHuman MigrationPhylogenyAfricaFossilsGene FlowGenetic DriftGenetic IntrogressionGenome, HumanHistory, AncientHumansLinkage DisequilibriumPolymorphism, GeneticTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID37198480
PMCPMC10208968
OpenAlexW4377012029

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