/channels/news_feeds/all/term/african-americans/rss en /channels/news/great-migration-and-african-american-genomic-diversity-261039 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="/newsroom"><strong><em>McGill Newsroom</em></strong></a></p> <p><em>Study examines genetic data to analyze regional differences in ancestry</em></p> <p><span>A new study of genomic diversity in the U.S. clarifies the role of pre-Civil War admixture and early 20th century transit routes in shaping the migration history and genomic diversity among African-American communities. The research by Ï㽶ÊÓƵ professor Simon Gravel and colleagues, was published May 27 in PLOS Genetics.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/african-american-family.jpg?itok=Ge4qwPQb" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 27 May 2016 19:04:28 +0000 webfull 119036 at /channels