Deep into the roots of the Libyan Tuareg: A genetic survey of their paternal heritage

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-124

  Ottoni, Claudio ^a,b,c   Larmuseau, Maarten H D ^a,b   Vanderheyden, Nancy ^a   Martínez Labarga, Cristina ^c   Primativo, Giuseppina ^c   Biondi, Gianfranco ^d   Decorte, Ronny ^a,b   Rickards, Olga ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

biallelic markers; Libya; STR; Tuareg; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FATHERS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 79954478704     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21473     Document Type: Article

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