North African Berber and Arab influences in the western Mediterranean revealed by Y-chromosome DNA haplotypes

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-316

  Gérard, Nathalie ^a   Berriche, Sala ^a   Aouizérate, Annie ^a   Diéterlen, Florent ^a   Lucotte, Gérard ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Anthropology   (France)

Author keywords

Arabs; Berbers; Iberia; Muslim domination in southern Portugal and Spain; P49a,f Taql haplotype V; Subhaplotype Va (Arab); Subhaplotype Vb (Berber); Western Mediterranean area; Y chromosome haplotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGERIA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOROCCO; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; TUNISIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33845588552     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0045     Document Type: Article

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