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  Annals of Human GeneticsVolume 72 Issue 2, Pages 241 - 252 Published Online: 20 Jan 2008 Journal compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/University College London
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 2983K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Close Genetic Relationship Between Semitic-speaking and Indo-European-speaking Groups in Iran Copyright 2008 The Authors Journal compilation © 2008 University College London KEYWORDS Iran • Bakhtiari • Arabs • Y chromosome • mtDNA ABSTRACTAs part of a continuing investigation of the extent to which the genetic and linguistic relationships of populations are correlated, we analyzed mtDNA HV1 sequences, eleven Y chromosome bi-allelic markers, and 9 Y-STR loci in two neighboring groups from the southwest of Iran who speak languages belonging to different families: Indo-European-speaking Bakhtiari, and Semitic-speaking Arabs. Both mtDNA and the Y chromosome, showed a close relatedness of these groups with each other and with neighboring geographic groups, irrespective of the language spoken. Moreover, Semitic-speaking North African groups are more distant genetically from Semitic-speaking groups from the Near East and Iran. Thus, geographical proximity better explains genetic relatedness between populations than does linguistic relatedness in this part of the world.
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