Re: Saami and Berbers--an unexpected mitochondrial DNA link

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 52584
Date: 2008-02-10

Thank you.

That is very interesting.


Patrick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
To: "Cybalist" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 6:15 AM
Subject: [tied] Saami and Berbers--an unexpected mitochondrial DNA link


Saami and Berbers--an unexpected mitochondrial DNA link.

Achilli A, Rengo C, Battaglia V, Pala M, Olivieri A, Fornarino S, Magri C,
Scozzari R, Babudri N, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Bandelt HJ, Semino O,
Torroni A.
Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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 approximately 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.
PMID: 15791543 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


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