Linking the sub-Saharan and West Eurasian gene pools: Maternal and paternal heritage of the Tuareg nomads from the African Sahel

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 915-923

  Pereira, Luísa ^a,b   Černý, Viktor ^c   Cerezo, María ^d   Silva, Nuno M ^a   Hájek, Martin ^c   Vašíková, Alžběta ^e   Kujanová, Martina ^f   Brdika, Radim ^e   Salas, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

genetic diversity; phylogeography; Tuareg

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; GENETIC MARKER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NEOLITHIC; NIGER; NORTH AFRICA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; BLACK PERSON; CHROMOSOME MAP; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIA, WESTERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77954921564     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.21     Document Type: Article

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