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Enset Landraces: Conservation, Distribution, and Use in an Enset-Based Agricultural System. [PDF]

Scientifica (Cairo)
Enset is a unique food security crop for more than 25% of the population in Ethiopia and serves as a food, animal feed, medicine, and fiber source, with significant resilience and environmental adaptability. Enset growing zones harbor several landraces, resulting from differences in natural selection, human selection, and cultural management practices.
Kibatu T, Feyissa T, Demissew S, Muleta D.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Persistence of Ancestral KhoeSan Mitochondrial Patterns in Contemporary South African Populations. [PDF]

Ann Hum Genet
Abstract Introduction Southern Africa has been inhabited by hunter‐gatherers for at least 20,000 years and has received diverse immigration flows in the last 2000 years. The original inhabitants have interacted with the pastoralist migrants from Eastern Africa (∼2000 ybp), followed by the southern Bantu migration arriving some 1000 ybp, and more ...
D'Amato ME, Ristow P, Livesey M, Heynes K, Huber N, Bravi C, Hansen AJ, Parson W.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mitochondrial DNA D-Loop Polymorphisms among the Galla Goats Reveals Multiple Maternal Origins with Implication on the Functional Diversity of the HSP70 Gene. [PDF]

Genet Res (Camb)
Despite much attention given to the history of goat evolution in Kenya, information on the origin, demographic history, dispersal route, and genetic diversity of Galla goats remains unclear. Here, we examined the genetic background, diversity, demographic history, and population genetic variation of Galla goats using mtDNA D‐loop and HSP70 single ...
Masila EM, Ogada SO, Ogali IN, Kennedy GM, Too EK, Ommeh CS.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

History and genetic diversity of African sheep: Contrasting phenotypic and genomic diversity. [PDF]

Anim Genet
Abstract Domesticated sheep have adapted to contrasting and extreme environments and continue to play important roles in local community‐based economies throughout Africa. Here we review the Neolithic migrations of thin‐tailed sheep and the later introductions of fat‐tailed sheep into eastern Africa.
Da Silva A, Ahbara A, Baazaoui I, Jemaa SB, Cao Y, Ciani E, Dzomba EF, Evans L, Gootwine E, Hanotte O, Harris L, Li MH, Mastrangelo S, Missohou A, Molotsi A, Muchadeyi FC, Mwacharo JM, Tallet G, Vernus P, Hall SJG, Lenstra JA.   +20 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Gender variation across the Oromo dialects: A corpus‐based study*

Studia Linguistica, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 453-495, December 2023., 2023
Abstract This study aims to (1) demonstrate the position of the Oromo gender system in Corbett's (1991) typology of gender; (2) illustrate major syntactic gender variation across the Oromo dialects; (3) identify factors that contributed to the gender variation, and (4) illustrate the morphosyntax of the Oromo gender system.
Tekabe Legesse Feleke, Terje Lohndal
wiley   +1 more source

Large‐scale mitogenome sequencing reveals consecutive expansions of domestic taurine cattle and supports sporadic aurochs introgression

Evolutionary Applications, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 663-678, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The contribution of domestic cattle in human societies is enormous, making cattle, along with other essential benefits, the economically most important domestic animal in the world today. To expand existing knowledge on cattle domestication and mitogenome diversity, we performed a comprehensive complete mitogenome analysis of the species (802 ...
Vlatka Cubric‐Curik, Dinko Novosel, Vladimir Brajkovic, Omar Rota Stabelli, Stefan Krebs, Johann Sölkner, Dragica Šalamon, Strahil Ristov, Beate Berger, Stamatina Trivizaki, Iosif Bizelis, Maja Ferenčaković, Sophie Rothammer, Elisabeth Kunz, Mojca Simčič, Peter Dovč, Gojko Bunevski, Hysen Bytyqi, Božidarka Marković, Muhamed Brka, Kristaq Kume, Srđan Stojanović, Vasil Nikolov, Natalia Zinovieva, Anna Amanda Schönherz, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Mato Čačić, Siniša Radović, Preston Miracle, Cristiano Vernesi, Ino Curik, Ivica Medugorac   +31 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity in ecosystem restoration

Restoration Ecology, Volume 29, Issue 5, July 2021., 2021
The importance of equity has been emphasized in climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and ecosystem restoration. However, equity implications are rarely considered explicitly in restoration projects. Although the role of equity has been studied in the context of biodiversity conservation and environmental governance, environmental ...
Harry B. M. Wells, Elijah H. Kirobi, Cadia L. Chen, Leigh A. Winowiecki, Tor‐Gunnar Vågen, Muhammad N. Ahmad, Lindsay C. Stringer, Andrew J. Dougill   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the relationships between genetic, linguistic and geographic distances in Bantu‐speaking populations [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol, 2022
Abstract Objectives The predominance of Bantu languages in sub‐Saharan Africa has sparked a large debate over the processes through which they came to disperse over time and space—the “Bantu expansion.” The overall genetic similarity shown by Bantu‐speaking populations indicates that movement of people occurred too, but the extent of the correlation ...
González‐Santos M, Montinaro F, Grollemund R, Marnetto D, Atadzhanov M, May C, Mabunda N, de Maret P, Oosthuizen O, Oosthuizen E, Capelli C.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Genetic, textual, and archeological evidence of the historical global spread of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.)

Legume Science, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2020., 2020
Abstract Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) was originally domesticated in sub‐Saharan Africa but is now cultivated on every continent except Antarctica. Utilizing archeological, textual, and genetic resources, the spread of cultivated cowpea has been reconstructed.
Ira A. Herniter, María Muñoz‐Amatriaín, Timothy J. Close   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ensete ventricosum: A Multipurpose Crop against Hunger in Ethiopia

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
Ensete ventricosum is a traditional multipurpose crop mainly used as a staple/co‐staple food for over 20 million people in Ethiopia. Despite this, scientific information about the crop is scarce. Three types of food, viz., Kocho (fermented product from scraped pseudostem and grated corm), Bulla (dehydrated juice), and Amicho (boiled corm) can be ...
Getahun Yemata, Tadashi Takamizo
wiley   +1 more source