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fwsweet
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 Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2007 21:35 Post subject: mtDNA and Y Haplotype Maps |
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ArabianKnight
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| Posted: Thu 03 Apr 2008 17:17 Post subject: |
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| Very intersting indeed. MtDNA can tell you alot about your ancestory. |
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Grasshoppa
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| Why do they look at fewer markers in Africa than in Europe or Asia? If Africa's so "genetically diverse," wouldn't that mean there would be more region specific markers? Or is it that much of the variation is more local? Pardon me if I'm overlooking something. I'm new to anthropology and genetics. |
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fwsweet
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| Grasshoppa wrote: | | Why do they look at fewer markers in Africa than in Europe or Asia? If Africa's so "genetically diverse," wouldn't that mean there would be more region specific markers? |
Funding agencies are Eurocentric. Apply for a grant to study the phylogepgraphy and migrations of Europe as shown by DNA, and funding agencies will pour money all over you. Apply for a grant to study the same thing in Africa and no one is interested. What area you research comes down what area you can get funding for. Everyone is curious about their past. Europeans have the money to satisfy that curiosity. Africans do not. |
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William
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| fwsweet wrote: | | Grasshoppa wrote: | | Why do they look at fewer markers in Africa than in Europe or Asia? If Africa's so "genetically diverse," wouldn't that mean there would be more region specific markers? |
Funding agencies are Eurocentric. Apply for a grant to study the phylogepgraphy and migrations of Europe as shown by DNA, and funding agencies will pour money all over you. Apply for a grant to study the same thing in Africa and no one is interested. What area you research comes down what area you can get funding for. Everyone is curious about their past. Europeans have the money to satisfy that curiosity. Africans do not. |
Interestingly, though, when it comes to Americans, there seem to be far more studies concerned with non-SSA admixture in African-Americans than there are those dealing with non-Euro admixture in European-Americans. Omar brought this up long ago, and I think he had a good point. |
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