The Genetic History of Bantu Speakers and their Relationship to African-Americans (IMAGE)

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The Genetic History of Bantu Speakers and their Relationship to African-Americans

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As Bantu-speaking people migrated across Africa, they acquired advantageous genetic mutations through admixture. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 5, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by E. Patin at Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, and colleagues was titled, "Dispersals and genetic adaptation of Bantu-speaking populations in Africa and North America."

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Patin <i>et al., Science</i> (2017) / Etienne Patin / Institut Pasteur

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