Mitochondrial DNA variation of modern Tuscans supports the Near Eastern origin of Etruscans

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 759-768

  Achilli, Alessandro ^a   Olivieri, Anna ^a   Pala, Maria ^a   Metspalu, Ene ^b   Fornarino, Simona ^a   Battaglia, Vincenza ^a   Accetturo, Matteo ^a   Kutuev, Ildus ^b,c   Khusnutdinova, Elsa ^c   Pennarun, Erwan ^b   Cerutti, Nicoletta ^d   Di Gaetano, Cornelia ^d   Crobu, Francesca ^d   Palli, Domenico ^e   Matullo, Giuseppe ^d   Santachiara Benerecetti, A Silvana ^a   Cavalli Sforza, L Luca ^f   Semino, Ornella ^a   Villems, Richard ^b   Bandelt, Hans Jürgen ^g   Piazza, Alberto ^d   Torroni, Antonio ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34147177036     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512822     Document Type: Article

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