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Global Patterns of Linkage Disequilibrium at the CD4 Locus and Modern Human Origins

Tishkoff, S. A., Dietzsch, E., Speed, W., Pakstis, A. J., Kidd, J. R., Cheung, K., Bonné-Tamir, B., Santachiara-Benerecetti, A. S. +7 more·1996·Science

Abstract

Haplotypes consisting of alleles at a short tandem repeat polymorphism (STRP) and an Alu deletion polymorphism at the CD4 locus on chromosome 12 were analyzed in more than 1600 individuals sampled from 42 geographically dispersed populations (13 African, 2 Middle Eastern, 7 European, 9 Asian, 3 Pacific, and 8 Amerindian). Sub-Saharan African populations had more haplotypes and exhibited more variability in frequencies of haplotypes than the Northeast African or non-African populations. The Alu deletion was nearly always associated with a single STRP allele in non-African and Northeast African populations but was associated with a wide range of STRP alleles in the sub-Saharan African populations. This global pattern of haplotype variation and linkage disequilibrium suggests a common and recent African origin for all non-African human populations.

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Tishkoff, S. A., Dietzsch, E., Speed, W., Pakstis, A. J., Kidd, J. R., Cheung, K., Bonné-Tamir, B., Santachiara-Benerecetti, A. S., Moral, P., Krings, M., Pääbo, S., Watson, E., Risch, N., Jenkins, T., & Kidd, K. K.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
  • B. Bonné-Tamir is in the Department of Human Genetics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Ramat Aviv, Israel.
  • A. S. Santachiara-Benerecetti is in the Buzzati Traverso Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, Via Abbiategrasso 207, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
  • Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • Massey University (NZ)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • S. A. Tishkoff, W. Speed, A. J. Pakstis, J. R. Kidd, K. Cheung, and K. K. Kidd are in the Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8005, USA.
Venue
Science
Published
1996-03-08
Volume
271
Issue
5254
Pages
1380-1387
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W1971604012
Cited by
587
References
64
Citations by year
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FWCI
27.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01hg000348-09)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA009379, AA09379)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH39 239)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (HG00348)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
linkage disequilibrium, chromosome 12, short tandem repeat polymorphism, haplotype variation, human origins, African origin of modern humans, sub-Saharan African populations, population genetics
MeSH terms
Africa, Alleles, Animals, Base Sequence, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12, Gene Frequency, Haplotypes, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Polymorphism, Genetic, Primates, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Genetic Variation, Hominidae, CD4 Antigens, Linkage Disequilibrium, Sequence Deletion, Evolution, Molecular

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