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@article{citeulike:3923068, abstract = {To investigate the male genetic legacy of the Arab rule in southern Europe during medieval times, we focused on specific Northwest African haplogroups and identified evolutionary close STR-defined haplotypes in Iberia, Sicily and the Italian peninsula. Our results point to a higher recent Northwest African contribution in Iberia and Sicily in agreement with historical data. southern Italian regions known to have experienced long-term Arab presence also show an enrichment of Northwest African types. The forensic and genomic implications of these findings are discussed.}, author = {Capelli, Cristian and Onofri, Valerio and Brisighelli, Francesca and Boschi, Ilaria and Scarnicci, Francesca and Masullo, Mara and Ferri, Gianmarco and Tofanelli, Sergio and Tagliabracci, Adriano and Gusmao, Leonor and Amorim, Antonio and Gatto, Francesco and Kirin, Mirna and Merlitti, Davide and Brion, Maria and Verea, Alejandro Blanco B. and Romano, Valentino and Cali, Francesco and Pascali, Vincenzo}, citeulike-article-id = {3923068}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2008.258}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19156170}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19156170}, doi = {10.1038/ejhg.2008.258}, issn = {1476-5438}, journal = {European journal of human genetics : EJHG}, keywords = {moors, north\_africa, saracens, y}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {848--852}, posted-at = {2009-08-27 07:12:01}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Moors and Saracens in Europe: estimating the medieval North African male legacy in southern Europe.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2008.258}, volume = {17}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3923068 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3923068 N2 - To investigate the male genetic legacy of the Arab rule in southern Europe during medieval times, we focused on specific Northwest African haplogroups and identified evolutionary close STR-defined haplotypes in Iberia, Sicily and the Italian peninsula. Our results point to a higher recent Northwest African contribution in Iberia and Sicily in agreement with historical data. southern Italian regions known to have experienced long-term Arab presence also show an enrichment of Northwest African types. The forensic and genomic implications of these findings are discussed. IS - 6 JF - European journal of human genetics : EJHG SN - 1476-5438 EP - 852 TI - Moors and Saracens in Europe: estimating the medieval North African male legacy in southern Europe. PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 17 SP - 848 KW - moors KW - north_africa KW - saracens KW - y AU - Capelli, Cristian AU - Onofri, Valerio AU - Brisighelli, Francesca AU - Boschi, Ilaria AU - Scarnicci, Francesca AU - Masullo, Mara AU - Ferri, Gianmarco AU - Tofanelli, Sergio AU - Tagliabracci, Adriano AU - Gusmao, Leonor AU - Amorim, Antonio AU - Gatto, Francesco AU - Kirin, Mirna AU - Merlitti, Davide AU - Brion, Maria AU - Verea, Alejandro Blanco AU - Romano, Valentino AU - Cali, Francesco AU - Pascali, Vincenzo PY - 2009/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2008.258 ER -