Semantic Scholar Open Access 2016 51 sitasi

The African diaspora: history, adaptation and health.

C. Rotimi F. Tekola-Ayele J. Baker D. Shriner

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The trans-Atlantic slave trade brought millions of Africans to the New World. Advances in genomics are providing novel insights into the history and health of Africans and the diasporan populations. Recent examples reviewed here include the unraveling of substantial hunter-gatherer and 'Eurasian' admixtures across sub-Saharan Africa, expanding our understanding of ancestral African genetics; the global ubiquity of mixed ancestry; the revealing of African ancestry in Latin Americans that likely derived from the slave trade; and understanding of the ancestral backgrounds of APOL1 and LPL found to influence kidney disease and lipid levels, respectively, providing specific insights into disease etiology and health disparities.

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Biology Medicine

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C. Rotimi

F. Tekola-Ayele

J. Baker

D. Shriner

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Rotimi, C., Tekola-Ayele, F., Baker, J., Shriner, D. (2016). The African diaspora: history, adaptation and health.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2016.08.005

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Lihat di Sumber doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2016.08.005

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Tahun Terbit: 2016
Bahasa: en
Total Sitasi: 51×
Sumber Database: Semantic Scholar
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2016.08.005
Akses: Open Access ✓