Genotyping of SNP array in individuals with San ancestry in southeastern Africa

ABSTRACT: Only a few scattered groups with oral traditions of Khoe-San hunter-gatherer ancestry remain in southeastern Africa. We investigate genomic variation of remaining individuals from two South African groups with oral histories connecting them to eastern San groups, i.e., the San from Lake Chrissie and the Duma San of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg. Using ~2.2 million genetic markers, combined with comparative published datasets, we show that the Lake Chrissie San have genetic ancestry from both Khoe-San (likely the ||Xegwi San) and Bantu-speakers. Specifically, we found that the Lake Chrissie San are closely related to current southern San groups (i.e. the Karretjie People). Duma San individuals, on the other hand, were genetically similar to southeastern Bantu speakers from South Africa. Sample

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Carina Schlebusch M 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5119 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress