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@article{item_3216475,
title = {{Along the Indian Ocean coast: Genomic variation in Mozambique provides new insights into the Bantu expansion}},
author = {Semo, Armando and Gay{\`a}-Vidal, Magdalena and Fortes-Lima, Cesar and Alard, B{\'e}r{\'e}nice and Oliveira, Sandra and Almeida, Jo{\~a}o and Prista, Ant{\'o}nio and Damasceno, Albertino and Fehn, Anne{\textunderscore}Maria and Schlebusch, Carina and Rocha, Jorge},
language = {eng},
issn = {0737-4038},
doi = {10.1093/molbev/msz224},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
address = {Oxford},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-02},
abstract = {{The Bantu expansion, which started in West Central Africa around 5,000 BP, constitutes a major migratory movement involving the joint spread of peoples and languages across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the rich linguistic and archaeological evidence available, the genetic relationships between different Bantu-speaking populations and the migratory routes they followed during various phases of the expansion remain poorly understood. Here, we analyze the genetic profiles of southwestern and southeastern Bantu-speaking peoples located at the edges of the Bantu expansion by generating genome-wide data for 200 individuals from 12 Mozambican and 3 Angolan populations using $\sim$1.9 million autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms. Incorporating a wide range of available genetic data, our analyses confirm previous results favoring a {\textquotedblleft}late split{\textquotedblright} between West and East Bantu speakers, following a joint passage through the rainforest. In addition, we find that Bantu speakers from eastern Africa display genetic substructure, with Mozambican populations forming a gradient of relatedness along a North-South cline stretching from the coastal border between Kenya and Tanzania to South Africa. This gradient is further associated with a southward increase in genetic homogeneity, and involved minimum admixture with resident populations. Together, our results provide the first genetic evidence in support of a rapid North-South dispersal of Bantu peoples along the Indian Ocean Coast, as inferred from the distribution and antiquity of Early Iron Age assemblages associated with the Kwale archaeological tradition.}},
journal = {{Molecular Biology and Evolution}},
volume = {37},
number = {2},
pages = {406--416},
}