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Moors and Saracens in Europe: estimating the medieval North African male legacy in southern Europe.
António AmorimAntónio AmorimGianmarco FerriValerio OnofriAdriano TagliabracciLeonor GusmãoFrancesca BrisighelliFrancesca BrisighelliVincenzo Lorenzo PascaliFrancesca ScarnicciSergio TofanelliMaria BrionMirna KirinFrancesco CalìCristian CapelliIlaria BoschiValentino RomanoMara MasulloDavide MerlittiFrancesco GattoAlejandro Blanco Vereasubject
MaleY chromosome north africa medieval legacyPopulationShort ReportNorth africaHaplogroupZoological sciencesEvolution MolecularMoorsAfrica NorthernPeninsulaSettore BIO/13 - Biologia ApplicataHumansgeneticseducationGenetics (clinical)education.field_of_studygeography.geographical_feature_categoryChromosomes Human YGeographyEvolution (zoology)social sciencesSettore MED/43 - MEDICINA LEGALEpopulationseye diseasesArabsEuropeGeographyGenetics PopulationHaplotypesAnthropologySaracenEthnologyNorth africangeographic locationsdescription
To investigate the male genetic legacy of the Arab rule in southern Europe during medieval times, we focused on specific Northwest African haplogroups and identified evolutionary close STR-defined haplotypes in Iberia, Sicily and the Italian peninsula. Our results point to a higher recent Northwest African contribution in Iberia and Sicily in agreement with historical data, southern Italian regions known to have experienced long-term Arab presence also show an enrichment of Northwest African types. The forensic and genomic implications of these findings are discussed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-01 | European journal of human genetics : EJHG |