Clinal patterns of autosomal genetic diversity within Europe have been interpreted in
previous studies in terms of a Neolithic demic diffusion model for the spread of agriculture; in …

Historical and genetic evidences suggest that the recently founded population of Antioquia
(Colombia) is potentially useful for the genetic mapping of complex traits. This population …

In the present study we have analyzed 44 Y-chromosome biallelic polymorphisms in
population samples from northwestern (NW) Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, which allowed …

Over the last 500 years, admixture among Amerindians, Europeans, and Africans,
principally, has come to shape the present‐day gene pool of Mexicans, particularly …

Characterizing patterns of genetic variation within and among human populations is
important for understanding human evolutionary history and for careful design of medical …

Consanguineous marriage is traditionally common throughout Arab countries. This leads to
an increased birth prevalence of infants with recessive disorders, congenital malformations …

Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) performed in Western Mediterranean
populations has shown that both shores share a common set of mtDNA haplogroups already …

An analysis of 11 Alu insertion polymorphisms (ACE, TPA25, PV92, APO, FXIIIB, D1, A25,
B65, HS2. 43, HS3. 23, and HS4. 65) has been performed in several NW African (Northern …

This book explains why conflicts in Africa are sometimes ethnic and sometimes religious,
and why a conflict might change from ethnic to religious even as the opponents remain fixed …

The different environments that humans experience are likely to impact physiology and
disease susceptibility. In order to estimate the magnitude of the impact of environment on …