Divorcing the Late Upper Palaeolithic demographic histories of mtDNA haplogroups M1 and U6 in Africa

Divorcing the Late Upper Palaeolithic demographic histories of mtDNA haplogroups M1 and U6 in Africa

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A Southwest Asian origin and dispersal to North Africa in the Early Upper Palaeolithic era has been inferred in previous studies for mtDNA haplogroups M1 and U6. Both haplogroups have been proposed to show similar geographic patterns...

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Main Authors: Pennarun Erwan, Kivisild Toomas, Metspalu Ene, Metspalu Mait, Reisberg Tuuli, Moisan Jean-Paul, Behar Doron M, Jones Sacha C, Villems Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
mtDNA haplogroups M1 and U6
Afro-Asiatic languages
North Africa
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/234

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