North African genes in Iberia studied by Y-chromosome DNA haplotype V.
Haplotype V at the Y-chromosome specific DNA polymorphism (p49/TaqI) was reported in a study concerning 487 males originating from five different geographic locations in Iberia and North Africa. The highest frequency of haplotype V (68.9%) was previously observed in Berbers from Morocco, and it was previously established that this haplotype is a characteristic Berberian haplotype in North Africa. Percentages of haplotype V geographic distribution reveal a gradient of decreasing frequencies with latitude in Iberia: 40.8% in Andalusia, 36.2% in Portugal, 12.1% in Catalonia, and 11.3% in Basques; such a cline of decreasing haplotype V frequencies from the South to the North in Iberia clearly establishes a North African toward Iberian gene flow.
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International Institute of Anthropology, Paris, France. lucotte@hotmail.com
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Mercier
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D000328:Adult; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D005602:France; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco / Q000208:ethnology; D011174:Portugal; D013030:Spain; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*
D005819:Genetic Markers; D004247:DNA