aThe Centre for Genetic Anthropology
bResearch Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
cResearch Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London
dSchool of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London
eDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London, Guys Tower, Guy's Hospital, London
fDepartment of Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
gAddis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
hDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Correspondence to Dr Krishna R. Veeramah, The Centre for Genetic Anthropology, Department of Biology, University College London, Room 108, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HE, UK
Tel: +44 0 207 679 7418; fax: +44 0 207 679 5052;
e-mail: krishna.veeramah[email protected]
Received 24 January 2008 Accepted 20 May 2008