Female gene pools of Berber and Arab neighboring communities in Central Tunisia: Microstructure of mtDNA variation in North Africa

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-70

  Cherni, Lotfi ^a   Loueslati, Besma Yaacoubi ^a   Pereira, Luísa ^b   Ennafaâ, Hajer ^a   Amorim, António ^b   El Gaaied, Amel Ben Ammar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arabs; Berbers; mtDNA variation; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARAB; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE POOL; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 21744440553     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0028     Document Type: Article

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