2006/06/01 by Nathalie Gérard, S Berriche, A Aouizérate +2 · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Forensic and Genetic Research #Genetic diversity and population structure #Berberine and alkaloids research #Mediterranean climate #Haplotype #Geography #TaqI #Population #Ethnology #Ancient history #Biology #Demography #Restriction fragment length polymorphism #Archaeology #Genetics #History #Polymerase chain reaction #Genotype #Gene
paper · doi:10.1353/hub.2006.0045
openalex publication_date 2006/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
We have analyzed Y-chromosome diversity in the western Mediterranean area, examining p49a,f TaqI haplotype V and subhaplotypes Vb (Berber) and Va (Arab). A total of 2,196 unrelated DNA samples, belonging to 22 populations from North Africa and the southern Mediterranean coast of occidental Europe, have been typed. Subhaplotype Vb, predominant in a Berber population of Morocco (63.5%), was also found at high frequencies in southern Portugal (35.9%) and Andalusia (25.4%). The Arab subhaplotype Va, predominant in Algeria (53.9%) and Tunisia (50.6%), was also found at a relatively high frequency in Sicily (23.1%) and Naples (16.4%); its highest frequency in Iberia was in northern Portugal (22.8%) and Andalusia (15.5%). In Iberia there is a gradient of decreasing frequencies in latitude for both subhaplotypes Va and Vb, related to eight centuries of Muslim domination (8th to 15th centuries) in southern Iberia.