Article
Ethnic composition and genetic differentiation of the Libyan population: insights on Alu polymorphisms.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Halima Abir Ben, Bahri Raoudha, Esteban Esther, Aribia Mohamed Habib Ben, Moral Pedro, Chaabani Hassen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is thought that the ancient population of Libya was mainly composed of Saharan Berbers. Socio-geographic conditions and historical events have exerted some changes on the composition of the present-day Libyan population. AIM: To screen a set of autosomal Alu markers in a representative sample of the general Libyan population in order to study its ethnic and genetic structure and to re-examine its...
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