title: Limited dispersal in mobile hunter-gatherer Baka Pygmies.
abstract: Hunter-gatherer Pygmies from Central Africa are described as being extremely mobile. Using neutral genetic markers and population genetics theory, we explored the dispersal behaviour of the Baka Pygmies from Cameroon, one of the largest Pygmy populations in Central Africa. We found a strong correlation between genetic and geographical distances: a pattern of isolation by distance arising from limited parent-offspring dispersal. Our study suggests that mobile hunter-gatherers do not necessarily disperse over wide geographical areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. verdu@umich.edu
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verdu
authors.forename: Raphaël
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leblois
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Froment
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Théry
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahuchet
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rousset
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heyer
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vitalis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics*; D002163:Cameroon; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011157:Population Dynamics