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| Title |
Little genetic differentiation as assessed by uniparental markers in the presence of substantial language variation in peoples of the Cross River region of Nigeria
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-10-92 |
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| Authors |
Krishna R Veeramah, Bruce A Connell, Naser Ansari Pour, Adam Powell, Christopher A Plaster, David Zeitlyn, Nancy R Mendell, Michael E Weale, Neil Bradman, Mark G Thomas |
| Abstract |
The Cross River region in Nigeria is an extremely diverse area linguistically with over 60 distinct languages still spoken today. It is also a region of great historical importance, being a) adjacent to the likely homeland from which Bantu-speaking people migrated across most of sub-Saharan Africa 3000-5000 years ago and b) the location of Calabar, one of the largest centres during the Atlantic slave trade. Over 1000 DNA samples from 24 clans representing speakers of the six most prominent languages in the region were collected and typed for Y-chromosome (SNPs and microsatellites) and mtDNA markers (Hypervariable Segment 1) in order to examine whether there has been substantial gene flow between groups speaking different languages in the region. In addition the Cross River region was analysed in the context of a larger geographical scale by comparison to bordering Igbo speaking groups as well as neighbouring Cameroon populations and more distant Ghanaian communities. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 4 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 50 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 35% |
| Researcher | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 15% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 5% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 5 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 47% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 16% |
| Linguistics | 3 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 November 2023.
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#4,646,256
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#1,180
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#19,314
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#12
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