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Authors
Pemberton, Trevor J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1224-1146
Verdu, Paul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6828-268X
Becker, Noémie S.
Willer, Cristen J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-4966
Hewlett, Barry S.
Le Bomin, Sylvie
Froment, Alain
Rosenberg, Noah A.
Heyer, Evelyne
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN-2015-04739)
France–Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
University of Michigan Center for Genetics in Health and Medicine
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
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Article History
Received: 5 November 2017
Accepted: 3 July 2018
First Online: 14 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The study was conducted according to ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. IRB approvals were obtained from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (2005, renewed in 2010 and 2016), Stanford (2012) and Washington State Universities (2007), and the Universities of Manitoba (2013) and Michigan (2010). Prior to sample collection, research authorizations were obtained from the Ministry of Public Health in Cameroon (2005; renewed 2010), the Ministry of Higher Education and Research in Gabon (2006 and 2007), the National Council for Science and Technology in Uganda (2007), and the Ministry of Scientific Research in the Central African Republic (2007). Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The Illumina Cardio-MetaboChip SNP genotype datasets for the 406 unrelated individuals analyzed are available in the European Genome-Phenome archive (EGAS00001002975) and will be accessible for population-genetic studies of demography and natural selection as well as for anthropological-genetic studies of the genetic determination of anthropometrical phenotypic features in accordance with the informed consent documents used in the recruitment of individuals who participated in this study.
