Genetic diversity of Sub-Saharan Africa revealed (BBC)

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By Rebecca Morelle
Science Correspondent, BBC News

Scientists have completed a comprehensive study of genetic diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The African Genome Variation Project analysed the DNA of 1,800 people living across the continent.

The data is helping scientists to understand how susceptibility to disease varies across the region and has provided more insight into how populations have moved within Africa.

The research is published in the journal Nature.

Until now, most studies examining genetic risk factors for disease have focused on Europe. Little has been known about Africa, the most genetically diverse region in the world.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30318291

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1. If we have a chance to reboot humanity after global warming, it will come out of Africa.

Again.