The Orientalisation of North Africa: New hints from the study of autosomal STRs in an Arab population

Background: Recent genomic analyses suggest that the current North African gene pool was mainly influenced by population flow coming from the East that altered the genetic structure of autochthonous Berber populations. Such genetic flow has not been extensively addressed yet using North African popu...

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Main Authors: Sarra Elkamel, Lotfi Cherni, Luis Alvarez, Sofia L. Marques, Maria J. Prata, Sami Boussetta, Amel Benammar-Elgaaied, Houssein Khodjet-El-Khil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-02-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2016.1205135