An isolated population of Podarcis vaucheri (Sauria: Lacertidae) in south-eastern Spain: genetic data suggest human-mediated range expansion

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menad Beddek ◽  
Julien Renoult ◽  
Philippe Geniez ◽  
Pierre-André Crochet
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Isolated Population ◽  
African Origin ◽  
North African ◽  
Dna Analyses ◽  
The North ◽  
North African Origin ◽  
Phenotypic Convergence

AbstractIn this study, we investigate the identity and origin of a population of Iberian Wall Lizards (Podarcis hispanicus complex) that we recently discovered inside the distribution range of the nominotypical form P. hispanicus. In the field, these animals were clearly identified as different from this species but their identity remained problematic. Using morphological and mitochondrial DNA analyses, we here identify this population as P. vaucheri, which constitutes a significant range extension for this species. Molecular results suggest a North African origin to this population. However, according to morphological results, these individuals are closer to the Spanish morphotype than to the North African morphotypes of P. vaucheri. Taken together, these results suggest a human-mediated introduction as the origin of this population, with local adaptation or phenotypic plasticity responsible of phenotypic convergence.

On the Mizraḥi Sociolect in Israel: A Sociolexical Consideration of the Hebrew of Israelis of North African Origin

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yehudit Henshke
Keyword(s):  
African Origin ◽  
North African ◽  
The North ◽  
North And South ◽  
North African Origin

Abstract This article addresses lexical features of the speech of native-born Hebrew-speaking Israelis from the geographic and socioeconomic periphery (i.e., moshavim, cities, and development towns in the north and south of Israel). Study of their language shows that their Hebrew incorporates a fair number of Judeo-Arabic words belonging to meaningful categories, such as foods, customs, beliefs, holidays, and nicknames, among others. These words are distinctively different from the Arabic words interpolated in Modern Israeli Hebrew, which derive from the local Arabic dialect. The findings demonstrate the existence of a Hebrew sociolect grounded in Judeo-Arabic and typical of a specific sociogeographic sector.

scholarly journals Bilingualism and language attitude in Melilla (Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Montero Alonso ◽  
Lotfi Sayahi
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
African Origin ◽  
North African ◽  
The Public ◽  
The North ◽  
African Coast ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
The City ◽  
North African Origin

This study examines levels of bilingualism and language attitude in the autonomous Spanish city of Melilla. Located on the North African coast, Melilla has a population of 86,000 inhabitants that is roughly divided between residents of Iberian origin and residents of North African Origin. Based on responses to a language questionnaire (111 participants) and sociolinguistic interviews (20 participants), our results show high levels of bilingualism between Spanish and Tamazight among the sector of the population that is of North African origin, while  the population of Iberian origin remains monolingual in Spanish. We also show that Spanish is the dominant language in the public domain, including administration and education, while Tamazight is maintained as a family and community language. Overall, the participants in our study express positive attitude towards the Melillan variety of Spanish and Tamazight, and their co-existence as part of the multicultural nature of the city. 

Memories of a French Migration Crisis

2018 ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Laura Jeanne Sims
Keyword(s):  
Algerian War ◽  
African Origin ◽  
North African ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Internment Camps ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
North African Origin

This chapter examines how the French state created a crisis through its management of the arrival and installation of the Harkis in 1962. The Harkis, Algerians of North African origin who supported the French army during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962), faced reprisal violence in Algeria at the end of the war and many were forced to migrate with their families to France. In response, French officials attempted to prevent the Harkis from escaping to France and placed some of those who succeeded in internment camps. Comparing the treatment of the Harkis with that of the Pieds-Noirs, the descendants of European settlers in Algeria who likewise fled to France in 1962, highlights the structural racism underlying French perceptions of and reactions to Harki migration. This chapter also explores the ways in which second-generation Harkis have constructed collective memories of the crisis and their attempts to hold the state responsible for its actions.

scholarly journals The de novo genome assembly and annotation of a female domestic dromedary of North African origin

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 314-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. Fitak ◽  
Elmira Mohandesan ◽  
Jukka Corander ◽  
Pamela A. Burger
Keyword(s):  
Genome Assembly ◽  
De Novo ◽  
African Origin ◽  
North African ◽  
De Novo Genome Assembly ◽  
North African Origin

scholarly journals Tu1893 MUTYH Mutations and Variants in Jews of North-African Origin With or Without Minimal Colorectal Adenomatous Polyposis

2014 ◽  
Vol 146 (5) ◽  
pp. S-866
Author(s):  
Guy Rosner ◽  
Dani Bercovich ◽  
Hana Strul ◽  
Erwin Santo ◽  
Zamir Halpern ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adenomatous Polyposis ◽  
African Origin ◽  
North African ◽  
North African Origin

Salafist Impregnation of Muslim Youth in France: a Challenge to the Republic?

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Laetitia Bucaille ◽  
Agnès Villechaise
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Working Class ◽  
African Origin ◽  
North African ◽  
French Society ◽  
Muslim Youth ◽  
Religious Theme ◽  
Identity Constructs ◽  
The Republic ◽  
North African Origin

Based on qualitative research, this article aims to shed some light on the criticism of the functioning of French society by youths of North African origin influenced by a Salafist reading of Islam. The arguments put forward, which draw largely on a religious theme, must be taken seriously. However, the references to a “Salafised” world of meaning are not exclusive and they coexist with an attachment to other, more liberal values. We will therefore endeavour to determine whether the criticism expressed generates separatist attitudes or whether it leads to individual and collective strategies founded on a dual cultural allegiance. Without denying the ambivalences or weaknesses, it is necessary to accurately clarify the identity constructs and social trajectories of the working-class youths studied here.

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