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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Post-last glacial maximum expansion from Iberia to North Africa revealed by fine characterization of mtDNA H haplogroup in Tunisia
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 139, No. 2, Year 2009
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The first large-scale fine characterization of Tunisian H lineages clarifies that the post-Last glacial maximum expansion originating in Iberia not only led to the resettlement of Europe but also of North Africa. We found that 46% of 81 Tunisian H lineages subscreened for 1,580 bp in mtDNA coding region were affiliated with H1 and H3 subhaplogroups, which are known to have originated in Iberia. Although no signs of local expansion were detected, which would allow a clear dating of their introduction, the younger and less diverse Tunisian H1 and H3 lineages indicate Iberia as the radiating centre. Major contributions from historical migrations to this Iberian genetic imprint in Tunisia were ruled out by the mtDNA gene pool similarity between Berber/Arab/cosmopolitan samples and some "Andalusian" communities, settled by the descendents of the "Moors" who once lived in Iberia for 10 centuries (between 8th and 17th centuries), before being expelled to Tunisia. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Cherni, L.
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Fernandes, Verónica
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Pereira, Joana Barbosa
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Costa, Marta Daniela
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Goios, Ana
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Frigi, Sabeh
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Yacoubi-Loueslati, Besma
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Amor, Mohamed Ben
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Slama, Abdelhakim
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Nationale de Patrimoine
Amorim, Antonio
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
El Gaaied, Amel Ben Ammar
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Pereira, Luísa
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Portugal, Porto
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto Fmup
Statistics
Citations: 12
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ajpa.20979
ISSN:
00029483
e-ISSN:
10968644
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Tunisia