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| Title |
Research of the origin of a particular Tunisian group using a physical marker and Alu insertion polymorphisms
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| Published in |
Genetics and Molecular Biology, July 2011
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| DOI | 10.1590/s1415-47572011005000021 |
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| Authors |
Wifak El Moncer, Raoudha Bahri, Esther Esteban, Bouthaina Abdenni-Guenounou, Pedro Moral, Jemni Ben Chibani, Hassen Chaabani |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to show how, in some particular circumstances, a physical marker can be used along with molecular markers in the research of an ancient people movement. A set of five Alu insertions was analysed in 42 subjects from a particular Tunisian group (El Hamma) that has, unlike most of the Tunisian population, a very dark skin, similar to that of sub-Saharans, and in 114 Tunisian subjects (Gabes sample) from the same governorate, but outside the group. Our results showed that the El Hamma group is genetically midway between sub-Saharan populations and North Africans, whereas the Gabes sample is clustered among North Africans. In addition, The A25 Alu insertion, considered characteristic to sub-Saharan Africans, was present in the El Hamma group at a relatively high frequency. This frequency was similar to that found in sub-Saharans from Nigeria, but significantly different from those found in the Gabes sample and in other North African populations. Our molecular results, consistent with the skin color status, suggest a sub-Saharan origin of this particular Tunisian group. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 11 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Professor | 3 | 27% |
| Other | 1 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 9% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 27% |
| Unknown | 1 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 36% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
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