Genetic variation in prehistoric Sardinia

Human Genetics

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 327-336

  Caramelli, David ^a   Vernesi, Cristiano ^b   Sanna, Simona ^a   Sampietro, Lourdes ^c   Lari, Martina ^a   Castrì, Loredana ^d   Vona, Giuseppe ^e   Floris, Rosalba ^e   Francalacci, Paolo ^f   Tykot, Robert ^g   Casoli, Antonella ^h   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^c   Lalueza Fox, Carles ⁱ   Bertorelle, Giorgio ^b   Barbujani, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SCREENING; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GENE POOL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOOTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35448957329     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-007-0403-6     Document Type: Article

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