Mitochondrial DNA structure in North Africa reveals a genetic discontinuity in the Nile Valley

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-117

  Fadhlaoui Zid, Karima ^a   Rodríguez Botigué, Laura ^b   Naoui, Nejib ^c   Benammar Elgaaied, Amel ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^b,d   Comas, David ^b,d  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c Medical Imaging   (Tunisia)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

gene flow; haplotype; uniparental marker

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; NORTH AFRICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79954462187     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21472     Document Type: Article

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