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Could you shed some light on this quote from this study on the mtDNA on Fulani nomads?
mtDNA of Fulani nomads and their genetic relationships to neighboring sedentary populations.
Human Biology Feb , 2006
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"HVS-I analysis of four Fulani populations revealed the different proportions of the mtDNA gene pool. A major role is played by West African mtDNA haplogroups, such as L1b, L3d, L3b, L2b, L2c, and L2d, which together make up 79.6% of the whole. The far from negligible presence of some haplogroups from western Eurasia (8.1%), such as U5, U6, and J1, is not particularly surprising in a sub-Saharan context because these haplogroups currently appear in North Africa. This may suggest an ancient origin of the nomads in the more northerly mountain massifs of the Central Sahara (Dupuy 1999). According to our own anthropological examination (data not shown), the non-sub-Saharan haplogroups are not carried by "West Eurasian-like" individuals, as might be anticipated, but were rather detected in common "Fulani type" peoples."
I'm confused by this quote, could you please shed some light on this for me? I have the full text, but only in hmtl format. I can paste it here for further clarification.
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Update, I just posted the study in my yahoo group under the mtDNA of Fulani Nomads title, in html format.
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Can't do a 'think' without the complete report to read, study, and analyze.
BTW - I hope others aren't witholding just because the subject line is addressed to me. The only one I don't want in my funk is Arrow, that sorry man of pallour with the hutzpa to adopt an African name and "bullhiss hisself" about being a professor.
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quote:According to our own anthropological examination (data not shown), the non-sub-Saharan haplogroups are not carried by "West Eurasian-like" individuals, as might be anticipated, but were rather detected in common "Fulani type" peoples."
My take: they couldn't correlate haplotype to phenotype - ie Fulani with U6 don't look any different than Fulani with L2d.
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