The trans-Saharan slave trade - clues from interpolation analyses and high-resolution characterization of mitochondrial DNA lineages
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A proportion of 1/4 to 1/2 of North African female pool is made of typical sub-Saharan lineages, in higher frequencies as geographic proximity to sub-Saharan Africa increases. The Sahara was a strong geographical barrier against gene...
Main Authors: | Kandil Mostafa, Fernandes Verónica, Costa Marta D, Harich Nourdin, Pereira Joana B, Silva Nuno M, Pereira Luísa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-05-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/138 |
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