E1a1 Haplotypes of Fulani Pastoralists, Revised By Robert Hall
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Important Note about the subject: In the early days of our research of E1a1, the only place we could find much E1a1 in Africa was among the Fulbe (Fulani) in northern Cameroon. Of 17 samples reported by Scozzari et al. in 1999, 9 were E1a1. However, we dismissed the finding as an anomaly. Little did we realize, then, that we were getting a glimpse of something important in the region.
We now have new information from two studies, the first based on the second: “Multiple and Differentiated Contributions to the Male Gene Pool of Pastoral and Farmer Populations of the African Sahel,” published in 2013 by Jana Buckova, et al.; and “Genetic Structure of Pastoral and Farmer Populations in the African Sahel,” published in 2011 by Viktor Cerny, et al. In all, 11 Fulani pastoralist groups from the 5 African countries of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali were tested, as well as 10 groups of farmers. Of the 21 groups, 14 were located around Lake Chad. The remaining 7 were located to the west of the lake. The farmer tribes’ names can be seen on the map below. A code for the Fulani pastoralists, specified by location, is found in the Cerny study: