http://spittoon.23andme.com/2009/07/02/people-of-the-veil-new-study-reveals-clues-to-origins-of-the-nomadic-tuaregs/ A receptacle for genetic knowledge. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:01:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://spittoon.23andme.com/2009/07/02/people-of-the-veil-new-study-reveals-clues-to-origins-of-the-nomadic-tuaregs/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Three from ‘The Spittoon’ « Anthropology.net Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:33:26 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=3943#comment-2010 [...] People of the Veil: New Study Reveals Clues to Origins of the Nomadic Tuaregs, by AnneH, the abstract of which reads: The Tuaregs are a semi-nomadic pastoralist people of northwest Africa. Their origins are still a matter of debate due to the scarcity of genetic and historical data. Here we report the first data on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic characterization of a Tuareg sample from Fezzan (Libyan Sahara). A total of 129 individuals from two villages in the Acacus region were genetically analysed. Both the hypervariable regions and the coding region of mtDNA were investigated. Phylogeographic investigation was carried out in order to reconstruct human migratory shifts in central Sahara, and to shed light on the origin of the Libyan Tuaregs. [...] [...] People of the Veil: New Study Reveals Clues to Origins of the Nomadic Tuaregs, by AnneH, the abstract of which reads: The Tuaregs are a semi-nomadic pastoralist people of northwest Africa. Their origins are still a matter of debate due to the scarcity of genetic and historical data. Here we report the first data on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic characterization of a Tuareg sample from Fezzan (Libyan Sahara). A total of 129 individuals from two villages in the Acacus region were genetically analysed. Both the hypervariable regions and the coding region of mtDNA were investigated. Phylogeographic investigation was carried out in order to reconstruct human migratory shifts in central Sahara, and to shed light on the origin of the Libyan Tuaregs. [...]

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