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Linking the sub-Saharan and West Eurasian gene pools. Maternal and paternal heritage of the Tuareg nomads from the African Sahel

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    SYSNO ASEP0346977
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleLinking the sub-Saharan and West Eurasian gene pools. Maternal and paternal heritage of the Tuareg nomads from the African Sahel
    Author(s) Pereira, L. (PT)
    Černý, Viktor (ARU-G) RID, SAI, ORCID
    Cerezo, M. (ES)
    Silva, N. M. (PT)
    Hájek, Martin (ARU-G)
    Vašíková, A. (CZ)
    Kujanová, M. (CZ)
    Brdička, R. (CZ)
    Salas, A. (ES)
    Number of authors9
    Source TitleEuropean Journal of Human Genetics. - : Springer - ISSN 1018-4813
    Roč. 18, č. 8 (2010), s. 915-923
    Number of pages9 s.
    Publication formwww - www
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    KeywordsTuareg ; genetic diversity ; phylogeography
    Subject RIVAC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
    R&D ProjectsGA206/08/1587 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    CEZAV0Z80020508 - ARU-G (2005-2011)
    UT WOS000280145100010
    EID SCOPUS77954921564
    DOI10.1038/ejhg.2010.21
    AnnotationThis is the first study of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences and Y chromosome SNPs of the Tuareg population from three African countries (Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso). It shows that the Tuareg gene pool reveals both West Eurasian and sub-Saharan components. The West Eurasian mtDNA haplogroups observed in the extant Tuareg population were involved in the post-Last Glacial Maximum expansion that had spread from the Iberian refugia not only to Europe but as we can see here also to Africa. On the other hand, the Y chromosome data revealed in the Tuareg population sample allow some Near Eastern Neolithic influence. The time frame for the migration of an ancestral Tuareg population towards their contemporary locations coincides with Early – Middle Holocene climatic optimum in North Africa.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Archaeology (Prague)
    ContactLada Šlesingerová, slesingerova@arup.cas.cz, Tel.: 257 014 412
    Year of Publishing2011
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