RT Journal Article
T1 The Andalusian population from Huelva reveals a high diversification of Y-DNA paternal lineages from haplogroup E: Identifying human male movements within the Mediterranean space
A1 Ambrosio, Beatriz
A1 Dugoujon, Jean Michel
A1 Hernández De La Fuente, Candelaria Lucía
A1 De La Fuente, Daniel
A1 González-Martín, Antonio
A1 Fortes-Lima, César
A1 Novelletto, Andrea
A1 Rodríguez, Juan
A1 Calderón Fernández, María Del Rosario
AB Background: Gene flow among human populations is generally interpreted in terms of complex patterns, with the observed gene frequencies being the consequence of the entire genetic and demographic histories of the population. Aims: This study performs a high-resolution analysis of the Y-chromosome haplogroup E in Western Andalusians (Huelva province). The genetic information presented here provides new insights into migration processes that took place throughout the Mediterranean space and tries to evaluate its impact on the current genetic composition of the most southwestern population of Spain. Subjects and methods: 167 unrelated males were previously typed for the presence/absence of the Y-chromosome Alu polymorphism (YAP). The group of YAP (+) Andalusians was genotyped for 16 Y-SNPs and also characterized for 16 Y-STR loci. Results: The distribution of E-M81 haplogroup, a Berber marker, was found at a frequency of 3% in our sample. The distribution of M81 frequencies in Iberia seems to be not concordant with the regions where Islamic rule was most intense and long-lasting. The study also showed that most of M78 derived allele (6.6%) led to the V13* subhaplogroup. We also found the most basal and rare paragroup M78* and others with V12 and V65 mutations. The lineage defined by M34 mutation, which is quite frequent in Jews, was detected as well. Conclusions: The haplogroup E among Western Andalusians revealed a complex admixture of genetic markers from the Mediterranean space, with interesting signatures of populations from the Middle East and the Balkan Peninsula and a surprisingly low influence by Berber populations compared to other areas of the Iberian Peninsula.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0301-4460
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95725
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95725
LA eng
NO Ambrosio B, Dugoujon JM, Hernández C, De La Fuente D, González-Martín A, Fortes-Lima CA, Novelletto A, Rodríguez JN, Calderón R. The Andalusian population from Huelva reveals a high diversification of Y-DNA paternal lineages from haplogroup E: Identifying human male movements within the Mediterranean space. Ann Hum Biol. 2010 Jan-Feb;37(1):86-107.
NO This research was supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (Investigation Projects BOS2002-01677 and CGL2006-04749/BOS) awarded to RC and from the Italian Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR-PRIN 2007) awarded to AN.
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España)
NO Ministry of Education, University and Research (Italy)
DS Docta Complutense
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