Genetic structure of Tunisian ethnic groups revealed by paternal lineages

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Fadhlaoui Zid, Karima ^a   Martinez Cruz, Begoña ^b   Khodjet El Khil, Houssein ^a   Mendizabal, Isabel ^b   Benammar Elgaaied, Amel ^a   Comas, David ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusians; Berbers; binary markers; human population genetics; SNP; STR; Tunisia; Y chromosome haplogroups; Y chromosome phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT BIRD; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNAL GENETIC STRUCTURE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; TUNISIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUNISIA;

EID: 80052738069     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21581     Document Type: Article

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