Population expansion in the North African Late Pleistocene signalled by mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U6

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The archaeology of North Africa remains enigmatic, with questions of population continuity <it>versus </it>discontinuity taking centre-stage. Debates have focused on population transitions between the bearers of the Middl...

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Main Authors: Costa Marta D, Pereira Joana B, Fernandes Verónica, Franco-Duarte Ricardo, Silva Nuno M, Pereira Luísa, Martins Haidé, Soares Pedro, Behar Doron M, Richards Martin B, Macaulay Vincent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/390