Sex-Specific Genetic Data Support One of Two Alternative Versions of the Foundation of the Ruling Dynasty of the Nso' in Cameroon.

Sex-specific genetic data favor a specific variant of the oral history of the kingdom of Nso' (a Grassfields city-state in Cameroon) in which the royal family traces its descent from a founding ancestress who married into an autochthonous hunter-gatherer group. The distributions of Y chromosome...

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Main Authors: Veeramah, K, Zeitlyn, D, Fanso, V, Mendell, N, Connell, B, Weale, M, Bradman, N, Thomas, MG
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2008