The complex and diversified mitochondrial gene pool of Berber populations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-214

  Coudray, Clotilde ^a   Olivieri, A ^b   Achilli, A ^b,c   Pala, M ^b   Melhaoui, M ^d   Cherkaoui, M ^e   El chennawi, F ^f   Kossmann, M ^g   Torroni, A ^b   Dugoujon, J M ^a  

^a FRE 2960 CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^e CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^f MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Berbers; Egypt; Morocco; MtDNA; North African settlement

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EGYPT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 60549086800     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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