Study

Genomic diversity of the African-descent Makranis of Pakistan

Study ID Alternative Stable ID Type
EGAS00001002558 Other

Study Description

From the eighth century onward, the Indian Ocean was the scene of extensive trade of sub-Saharan African slaves, via sea routes controlled by Muslim Arab and Swahili traders. Several populations in present-day Pakistan and India are thought to be the descendants of such slaves, yet their genetic ancestries and history of admixture and natural selection remain largely undefined. Here we studied the genome-wide diversity of the African-descent Makranis, residing on the Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan, together with that of four neighboring Pakistani populations, to investigate the genetic legacy, population dynamics and tempo of the Indian Ocean slave trade. We show that the Makranis result from an admixture event between local Baluch tribes and Bantu-speaking populations from eastern/southeastern Africa, which we dated to ~300 years ago during the Omani Empire domination. Levels of inbreeding, measured through cumulative runs of homozygosity, were found to be similar across Pakistani populations, suggesting that the admixed Makranis rapidly adopted the traditional practice of ... (Show More)

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EGAD00010001452
Genome-wide SNP genotyping data for 102 Pakistani individuals by Illumina HumanOmni2.5-8 array, used in the EGAS00001002558 study
Illumina HumanOmni2.5-8 102

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