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Substructure of a Tunisian Berber population as inferred from 15 autosomal short tandem repeat loci.
Human biology - 1 Aug 2008
Khodjet-El-Khil Houssein, Fadhlaoui-Zid Karima, Gusmão Leonor, Alves Cíntia, Benammar-Elgaaied Amel, Amorim Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Currently, language and cultural practices are the only criteria to distinguish between Berber autochthonous Tunisian populations. To evaluate these populations' possible genetic structure and differentiation, we have analyzed 15 autosomal short tandem repeat loci (CSF1PO, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D21S11, FGA, TH01, TPOX, VWA, D2S1338, and D19S433) in three southern Tunisian...
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