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Title |
The trans-Saharan slave trade - clues from interpolation analyses and high-resolution characterization of mitochondrial DNA lineages
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, May 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-10-138 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Nourdin Harich, Marta D Costa, Verónica Fernandes, Mostafa Kandil, Joana B Pereira, Nuno M Silva, Luísa Pereira |
Abstract |
A proportion of 1/4 to 1/2 of North African female pool is made of typical sub-Saharan lineages, in higher frequencies as geographic proximity to sub-Saharan Africa increases. The Sahara was a strong geographical barrier against gene flow, at least since 5,000 years ago, when desertification affected a larger region, but the Arab trans-Saharan slave trade could have facilitate enormously this migration of lineages. Till now, the genetic consequences of these forced trans-Saharan movements of people have not been ascertained. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 23 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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South Africa | 2 | 9% |
United States | 1 | 4% |
Poland | 1 | 4% |
San Marino | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 18 | 78% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 21 | 91% |
Scientists | 1 | 4% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 95 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Germany | 1 | 1% |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1% |
France | 1 | 1% |
Brazil | 1 | 1% |
United States | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 90 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 24% |
Student > Master | 16 | 17% |
Student > Bachelor | 11 | 12% |
Researcher | 10 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
Other | 17 | 18% |
Unknown | 13 | 14% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 37 | 39% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 19 | 20% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 6% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 6% |
Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
Other | 10 | 11% |
Unknown | 14 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. 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 10 February 2024.
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#345
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#4,778
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#5
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