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Y-chromosome and mtDNA genetics reveal significant contrasts in affinities of modern Middle Eastern populations with European and African populations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Badro Danielle A, Douaihy Bouchra, Haber Marc, Youhanna Sonia C, Salloum Angélique, Ghassibe-Sabbagh Michella, Johnsrud Brian, Khazen Georges, Matisoo-Smith Elizabeth, Soria-Hernanz David F, Wells R Spencer, Tyler-Smith Chris, Platt Daniel E, Zalloua Pierre A
Abstract excerpt
The Middle East was a funnel of human expansion out of Africa, a staging area for the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution, and the home to some of the earliest world empires. Post LGM expansions into the region and subsequent population movements created a striking genetic mosaic with distinct sex-based genetic differentiation. While prior studies have examined the mtDNA and Y-chromosome contrast in focal...
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