Publications by authors named "Soufia Mourali-Chebil"
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- - The study explores the genetic diversity of two specific SNPs (rs713598 and rs1726866) related to bitter taste perception in northern Africa, focusing on a sample of 375 subjects from Tunisia and Libya.
- - The research reveals that a unique haplotype (CA) associated with a specific amino acid (PV) is much rarer globally but is notably more common (6%-15%) in northern Africa, where it appears alongside other prevalent haplotypes.
- - The authors suggest that the CA haplotype could serve as a useful biogeographic marker in forensic studies due to its distinctive frequency patterns in this relatively understudied region.
To obtain refreshed insights into the paternal lineages of Tunisian populations, Y-chromosome diversity was assessed in two populations belonging to an Arab genealogical lineage, Kairouan and Wesletia, as well as in four Tunisian Andalusian populations, Testour, Slouguia, Qalaat-El-Andalous and El Alia. The Arabs from Kairouan revealed 73.47% of E-M81 and close affinities with Berber groups, indicating they are likely arabized Berbers, clearly differentiated from the Arabs from Wesletia, who harbored the highest frequency (71.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe computed mean inbreeding coefficients (FIT, FIS, and FST) based on approximately 2,700 ascending pedigrees of contemporary people from Saguenay Lac-St-Jean (Québec, Canada). This allowed us to appreciate the accumulated inbreeding and to follow the evolution of these coefficients since the founding of Québec. One of the results was the expected increase in FST.
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