Saturday, August 1, 2009

Determining continental origin through studies of the genome

Using genetic material known as Ancestry Informative Markers, scientists can now determine an individual's continent of ancestral origin and can even distinguish Arab and Ashkenazi from Northern European population groups and Pygmy from other Sub-Saharan African population groups.

Hat tip, Dienekes!

1 comment:

Average Joe said...

http://mapscroll.blogspot.com/2009/04/genetic-map-of-northern-europe.html