Patterns of African and Asian admixture in the Afrikaner population of South Africa

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Authors

Nina Hollfelder · Uppsala University

J. Christoff Erasmus · University of Pretoria

Rickard Hammarén · Uppsala University

Mário Vicente · Uppsala University

Mattias Jakobsson · University of Johannesburg

Jaco M. Greeff · University of Pretoria

Carina M. Schlebusch ·

Abstract

While Afrikaners have an ancestry predominantly from northwestern Europe, non-European admixture signals are ubiquitous in the Afrikaner population. Interesting patterns and similarities could be observed between genealogical predictions and our genetic inferences. Afrikaners today have comparable inbreeding levels to current-day European populations.

Topics & Keywords

HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Biology

Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 16-16

DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-0746-1

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