Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Abstract:
The sequencing of entire human mitochondrial DNAs belonging to haplogroup U reveals that this clade arose
shortly after the “out of Africa” exit and rapidly radiated into numerous regionally distinct subclades. Intriguingly,
the Saami of Scandinavia and the Berbers of North Africa were found to share an extremely young branch, aged
merely ∼9,000 years. This unexpected finding not only confirms that the Franco-Cantabrian refuge area of southwestern
Europe was the source of late-glacial expansions of hunter-gatherers that repopulated northern Europe
after the Last Glacial Maximum but also reveals a direct maternal link between those European hunter-gatherer
populations and the Berbers.
shortly after the “out of Africa” exit and rapidly radiated into numerous regionally distinct subclades. Intriguingly,
the Saami of Scandinavia and the Berbers of North Africa were found to share an extremely young branch, aged
merely ∼9,000 years. This unexpected finding not only confirms that the Franco-Cantabrian refuge area of southwestern
Europe was the source of late-glacial expansions of hunter-gatherers that repopulated northern Europe
after the Last Glacial Maximum but also reveals a direct maternal link between those European hunter-gatherer
populations and the Berbers.
Tipologia CRIS:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Africa; Northern; African Continental Ancestry Group; DNA; Mitochondrial; Emigration and Immigration; Europe; European Continental Ancestry Group; Evolution; Molecular; Genetics; Population; Haplotypes; Humans; Phylogeny; Scandinavia
Elenco autori:
Achilli, A; Rengo, C; Battaglia, V; Pala, M; Olivieri, A; Fornarino, S; Magri, Chiara; Scozzari, R; Babudri, N; Santachiara Benerecetti, As; Bandelt, H; Semino, O; Torroni, A.
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