
pmid: 16473309
South Tunisian HLA gene profile has studied for the first time. HLA-A, -B, -DRB1 and -DQB1 allele frequencies of Ghannouch have been compared with those of neighboring populations, other Mediterraneans and Sub-Saharans. Their relatedness has been tested by genetic distances, Neighbor-Joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses. Our HLA data show that both southern from Ghannouch and northern Tunisians are of a Berber substratum in spite of the successive incursions (particularly, the 7th-8th century A.D. Arab invasion) occurred in Tunisia. It is also the case of other North Africans and Iberians. This present study confirms the relatedness of Greeks to Sub-Saharan populations. This suggests that there was an admixture between the Greeks and Sub-Saharans probably during Pharaonic period or after natural catastrophes (dryness) occurred in Sahara.
Polymorphism, Genetic, Tunisia, Mediterranean Region, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, Genetic Variation, Linkage Disequilibrium, Genetics, Population, Africa, Northern, Gene Frequency, Haplotypes, Histocompatibility Antigens, Ethnicity, Humans, Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic, Tunisia, Mediterranean Region, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, Genetic Variation, Linkage Disequilibrium, Genetics, Population, Africa, Northern, Gene Frequency, Haplotypes, Histocompatibility Antigens, Ethnicity, Humans, Phylogeny
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