A predominantly neolithic origin for Y-chromosomal DNA variation in North Africa

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 338-345

  Arredi, Barbara ^a,b,c   Poloni, Estella S ^c   Paracchini, Silvia ^b,i   Zerjal, Tatiana ^b   Fathallah, Dahmani M ^d   Makrelouf, Mohamed ^e   Pascali, Vincenzo L ^a   Novelletto, Andrea ^f   Tyler Smith, Chris ^b,g,h  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^g WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICA; AFRO ASIATIC SPEAKING PASTORALIST; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMIC DIFFUSION; DEMIC EXPANSION; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOGROUP ECB2; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NEOLITHIC ORIGIN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; TIME; TIME TO THE MOST RECENT COMMON ANCESTOR; TUNISIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 3242731389     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423147     Document Type: Article

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