During the last few decades, a wealth of studies dedicated to the human Y chromosome and
its DNA variation, in particular Y‐chromosome single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (Y‐SNP s) …

By using the recently introduced 6-dye Yfiler® Plus multiplex, we analyzed 462 males
belonging to 20 ethnic groups from four eastern African countries (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti …

North Africa is considered a distinct geographic and ethnic entity within Africa. Although
modern humans originated in this Continent, studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y …

Background Due to the rapid progress of next-generation sequencing (NGS) facilities, an
explosion of human whole genome data will become available in the coming years. These …

Context: Due to its unique paternal inheritance, the Y-chromosome has been a highly
popular marker among population geneticists for over two decades. Recently, the advent of …

The geostrategic location of North Africa as a crossroad between three continents and as a
stepping-stone outside Africa has evoked anthropological and genetic interest in this region …

Background: Until recently Libya remained the only state of the Maghreb without genetic
evolution investigations of the genetic landscape of its population. Apart from some studies …

Abstract Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome variation has been studied in Bou
Omrane and Bou Saâd, two Tunisian Berber populations. In spite of their close geographic …

An Engraved Landscape is a contextual analysis of a substantial new corpus of engravings
from the Wadi al-Ajal, situated in the Central Saharan region of south west Libya. The wadi …

The frequencies of HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 alleles in 118 unrelated Libyans from
Benghazi (Cyrenaica) were analysed using high resolution typing and compared with other …