The S Iberian Peninsula and NW Africa constitute one of the main hotspots for plant
biodiversity within the Mediterranean Basin. At the core of this hotspot, across the Strait of …

This article reviews new genetic markers on the Y-chromosome and methods for analyzing
these short tandem repeat (STR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci. Relative …

North African populations are distinct from sub-Saharan Africans based on cultural,
linguistic, and phenotypic attributes; however, the time and the extent of genetic divergence …

In humans, the ability to digest lactose, the sugar in milk, declines after weaning because of
decreasing levels of the enzyme lactase-phlorizin hydrolase, encoded by LCT. However …

Africa presents the most complex genetic picture of any continent, with a time depth for
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages> 100,000 years. The most recent widespread …

The phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroups E (Hg E) and J (Hg J) was investigated
in> 2,400 subjects from 29 populations, mainly from Europe and the Mediterranean area but …

Human Y-chromosome haplogroup structure is largely circumscribed by continental
boundaries. One notable exception to this general pattern is the young haplogroup R1a that …

The variation of 77 biallelic sites located in the nonrecombining portion of the Y
chromosome was examined in 608 male subjects from 22 African populations. This survey …

To investigate which aspects of contemporary human Y-chromosome variation in Europe
are characteristic of primary colonization, late-glacial expansions from refuge areas …

Most studies of European genetic diversity have focused on large-scale variation and
interpretations based on events in prehistory, but migrations and invasions in historical times …