Ancient Local Evolution Of African mtDNA Haplogroups In Tunisian Berber Populations

Ancient Local Evolution Of African mtDNA Haplogroups In Tunisian Berber Populations Sabeh Frigi, Lotfi Cherni, Karima Fadhlaoui, and Amel Benammar-Elgaaied, 2010   Our objective is to highlight the age of sub-Saharan gene flows in North Africa and particularly in Tunisia. Therefore we analyzed in a broad phylogeographic context sub-Saharan mtDNA haplogroups of Tunisian Berber populations considered representative of ancient settlement. More than 2,000 sequences were collected from the...

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