Genetic Structure of Pastoral and Farmer Populations in the African Sahel

Abstrakt

We presented here the population distribution of 312 HVS-1 mitochondrial DNA and 364 Y chromosome short tandem repeat (STR) haplotypes in farmers and pastoralists of the West African Sahel. We concluded that the emergence of pastoralism might be an earlier and/or a demographically more important event than is the introduction of sedentary agriculture at least in this part of Africa.

Klíčová slova

• African Sahel
• mtDNA
• Y chromosome
• pastoralists
• farmers