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Signatures of Convergent Evolution and Natural Selection at the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Region are Correlated with Agriculture in Ethnically Diverse Africans. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol, 2022
McQuillan MA, Ranciaro A, Hansen MEB, Fan S, Beggs W, Belay G, Woldemeskel D, Tishkoff SA.   +7 more
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Investigating Valency in Causative Verb Derivational Mechanisms: The Case of the Oromo Language [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This paper examines verb derivation in Oromo, focusing on how causative morphological suffixes such as -s-, -sis-, and -sisiis- alter verb valency and argument structure.
Ayub Ismael Jarso
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STAMP morphs, prefix conjugations and multiverb predicates in the Chadic languages

Afrika und Übersee
STAMP morphs, prefix conjugations and the multiverb predicate subtype called auxiliary verb constructions (AVCs) that these derive from in the Chadic languages are discussed. Chadic languages are typically SVO (or VSO) and typically AUX V syntactically.
Gregory D. S. Anderson
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The subject and non-subject agreements in the Yemsa relative clauses [PDF]

Training, Language and Culture
This study aims to elucidate the subject and non-subject agreement mechanisms within Yemsa relative clauses, an area not comprehensively covered by existing research. By analysing these agreement forms, the study seeks to bridge the identified gap in the
Mitike Asrat
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Mitochondrial DNA transit between West Asia and North Africa inferred from U6 phylogeography

BMC Genetics, 2003
Background World-wide phylogeographic distribution of human complete mitochondrial DNA sequences suggested a West Asian origin for the autochthonous North African lineage U6.
Larruga José M, Flores Carlos, Pestano José, González Ana M, Maca-Meyer Nicole, Cabrera Vicente M   +5 more
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Whole-genome sequencing reveals a complex African population demographic history and signatures of local adaptation. [PDF]

Cell, 2023
Fan S, Spence JP, Feng Y, Hansen MEB, Terhorst J, Beltrame MH, Ranciaro A, Hirbo J, Beggs W, Thomas N, Nyambo T, Mpoloka SW, Mokone GG, Njamnshi A, Folkunang C, Meskel DW, Belay G, Song YS, Tishkoff SA.   +18 more
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An Excerpt from the ‘Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Fauna in Beja Lexicon’

Folia Orientalia
The contribution summarises the Beja lexicon connected with zoological terminology. Every lexeme is documented in available sources and etymologized in areal or genealogical perspectives.
Václav Blažek
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Transfixation in Hausa: a hypothetical analysis

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2011
The paper deals with the non-contiguous morphs in Hausa which are regarded as the manifestation of transfixation. Transfixation is an Afroasiatic feature that is apparent in Arabic.
Bello S. Y. Al-Hassan
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The one replaced by a crow An Amazigh tale from Eastern Kabylia (Tasahlit/English)

Journal of African Languages and Literatures
This tale was recorded in December 2022 in Melbou (Aït Segoual confederation, Aït Bouhafan fraction, Eastern Kabylia, Algeria) by Youdas N’ Saâdi Lbuhfani from his mother Tabaâmrant.
Massinissa Garaoun
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Impact of natural selection on global patterns of genetic variation and association with clinical phenotypes at genes involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Zhang C, Verma A, Feng Y, Melo MCR, McQuillan M, Hansen M, Lucas A, Park J, Ranciaro A, Thompson S, Rubel MA, Campbell MC, Beggs W, Hirbo J, Wata Mpoloka S, George Mokone G, Regeneron Genetic Center, Nyambo T, Wolde Meskel D, Belay G, Fokunang C, Njamnshi AK, Omar SA, Williams SM, Rader DJ, Ritchie MD, de la Fuente-Nunez C, Sirugo G, Tishkoff SA.   +28 more
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