Y-chromosomal diversity in the population of Guinea-Bissau: a multiethnic perspective

• Main Authors: Rosa, Alexandra, Ornelas, Carolina, Jobling, Mark A, Brehm, António, Villems, Richard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2007
• Subjects: The ''Y''; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/124

Abstract Background The geographic and ethnolinguistic differentiation of many African Y-chromosomal lineages provides an opportunity to evaluate human migration episodes and admixture processes, in a pan-continental context. The analysis of the paternal genetic structure of Equatorial West Africans...