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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 - 1 Jun 2009
Cherni Lotfi, Fernandes Verónica, Pereira Joana B, Costa Marta D, Goios Ana, Frigi Sabeh, Yacoubi-Loueslati Besma, Amor Mohamed Ben, Slama Abdelhakim, Amorim António, El Gaaied Amel Ben Ammar, Pereira Luísa
Abstract excerpt
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...
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