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Autosomal genetics and Y-chromosome haplogroup L1b-M317 reveal Mount Lebanon Maronites as a persistently non-emigrating population.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Apr 2021
Platt Daniel E, Artinian Hovig, Mouzaya Francis, Khalil Wissam, Kamar Francois G, Matisoo-Smith Elizabeth, Calafell Francesc, Taleb Nassim Nicolas, Zalloua Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Currently, there are 18 different religious communities living in Lebanon. While evolving primarily within Lebanon, these communities show a level of local isolation as demonstrated previously from their Y-haplogroup distributions. In order to trace the origins and migratory patterns that may have led to the genetic isolation and autosomal clustering in some of these communities we analyzed Y-chromosome STR and...
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