Title |
Genetic diversity in black South Africans from Soweto
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-14-644 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Andrew May, Scott Hazelhurst, Yali Li, Shane A Norris, Nimmisha Govind, Mohammed Tikly, Claudia Hon, Keith J Johnson, Nicole Hartmann, Frank Staedtler, Michèle Ramsay |
Abstract |
Due to the unparalleled genetic diversity of its peoples, Africa is attracting growing research attention. Several African populations have been assessed in global initiatives such as the International HapMap and 1000 Genomes Projects. Notably excluded, however, is the southern Africa region, which is inhabited predominantly by southeastern Bantu-speakers, currently suffering under the dual burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases. Limited reference data for these individuals hampers medical research and prevents thorough understanding of the underlying population substructure. Here, we present the most detailed exploration, to date, of genetic diversity in 94 unrelated southeastern Bantu-speaking South Africans, resident in urban Soweto (Johannesburg). |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Ireland | 1 | 20% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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South Africa | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 94 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 22 | 23% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 16% |
Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 15% |
Student > Master | 7 | 7% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 5% |
Other | 21 | 22% |
Unknown | 11 | 12% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 30 | 32% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 31% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 13% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 3% |
Philosophy | 2 | 2% |
Other | 8 | 8% |
Unknown | 11 | 12% |