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Near Eastern Neolithic genetic input in a small oasis of the Egyptian Western Desert

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ID8312199
AuthorsMartina Kujanová (Charles University), Luı́sa Pereira (0000-0002-4271-1527, Universidade do Porto, corresponding author), Luisa Pereira (0009-0003-6290-9076), Verónica Fernandes (0000-0002-3873-2034, Universidade do Porto), Joana B Pereira (0000-0002-4409-514X, Universidade do Porto), Viktor Černý (0000-0003-1197-6634, Charles University)
Year2009
Volume140
Issue2
Pages336-346
Publication date2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.21078
PMID19425100
OpenAlexW1982745300
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited64

The Egyptian Western Desert lies on an important geographic intersection between Africa and Asia. Genetic diversity of this region has been shaped, in part, by climatic changes in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs marked by oscillating humid and arid periods. We present here a whole genome analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and high‐resolution molecular analysis of nonrecombining Y‐chromosomal (NRY) gene pools of a demographically small but autochthonous population from the Egyptian Western Desert oasis el‐Hayez. Notwithstanding signs of expected genetic drift, we still found clear genetic evidence of a strong Near Eastern input that can be dated into the Neolithic. This is revealed by high frequencies and high internal variability of several mtDNA lineages from haplogroup T. The whole genome sequencing strategy and molecular dating allowed us to detect the accumulation of local mtDNA diversity to 5,138 ± 3,633 YBP. Similarly, theY‐chromosome gene pool reveals high frequencies of the Near Eastern J1 and the North African E1b1b1b lineages, both generally known to have expanded within North Africa during the Neolithic. These results provide another piece of evidence of the relatively young population history of North Africa. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Biology · Desert (philosophy) · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Gene pool · Genetic diversity · Genotype · Geography · Haplogroup · Haplotype · Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup · Mitochondrial DNA · Out of africa · Pleistocene · Population · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetic diversity and population structure · Genetics

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