Sicilian provinces: Population subdivisions revealed by surname frequencies

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 901-920

  De Silvestri, A ^a   Guglielmino, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Population subdivision; Sicily; Surnames

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; ITALY; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 18944373761     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0015     Document Type: Article

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