The Episode of Genetic Drift Defining the Migration of Humans out of Africa Is Derived from a Large East African Population Size

• Nuha Elhassan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nuha Elhassan, Eyoab Iyasu Gebremeskel

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Eyoab Iyasu Gebremeskel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nuha Elhassan, Eyoab Iyasu Gebremeskel

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Department of Biology, Eritrea Institute of Technology, Mai-Nefhi, Eritrea

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• Mohamed Ali Elnour,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Dan Isabirye,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• John Okello,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ayman Hussien,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Dominic Kwiatksowski,

  Affiliation Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Jibril Hirbo,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biology, School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Sara Tishkoff,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biology, School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Muntaser E. Ibrahim

  * E-mail: mibrahim@iend.org

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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