title: Brief communication: Y-chromosome haplotypes in Egypt.
abstract: We analyzed Y-chromosome haplotypes in the Nile River Valley in Egypt in 274 unrelated males, using the p49a,f TaqI polymorphism. These individuals were born in three regions along the river: in Alexandria (the Delta and Lower Egypt), in Upper Egypt, and in Lower Nubia. Fifteen different p49a,f TaqI haplotypes are present in Egypt, the three most common being haplotype V (39.4%), haplotype XI (18.9%), and haplotype IV (13.9%). Haplotype V is a characteristic Arab haplotype, with a northern geographic distribution in Egypt in the Nile River Valley. Haplotype IV, characteristic of sub-Saharan populations, shows a southern geographic distribution in Egypt.
authors.affiliation: International Institute of Anthropology, Paris, France. Lucotte@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucotte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mercier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000883:Anthropology; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y / Q000235:genetics*; D004534:Egypt; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree