Circum-Saharan Prehistory through the Lens of mtDNA Diversity

0556096 - ARÚ 2023 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Diallo, Mame Yoro - Čížková, Martina - Kulichová, I. - Podgorná, Eliška - Priehodová, Edita - Nováčková, J. - Fernandes, V. - Pereira, L. - Černý, Viktor
Circum-Saharan Prehistory through the Lens of mtDNA Diversity.
Genes. Roč. 13, č. 3 (2022), č. článku 533. E-ISSN 2073-4425
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-09352S
Institutional support: RVO:67985912
Keywords : Sahel/Savannah belt * North Africa * mtDNA diversity * population history
OECD category: Archaeology
Impact factor: 3.5, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/3/533/pdf

We study mitochondrial DNA diversity of human populations from both sides of the Sahara Desert, i.e., both from North Africa and the Sahel/Savannah belt. Our results are based on huge number of 7213 mtDNA sequences collected from 134 African populations together with 470 newly secured samples from geographical regions of low coverage. The analyses are based on both descriptive methods and Bayesian statistics. Apart from the HVS-1 sequences, we completely sequenced 26 samples from sub-Saharan populations belonging to Eurasian haplogroup N1. Our results indicate that maternal gene flow must have been important in this circum-Saharan space, not only within North Africa and the Sahel/Savannah belt, but also between these two regions.
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