Ethnicity and evolution of the biodemographic structure of Arbëreshe and Italian populations of the Pollino Area, southern Italy (1820-1984)

American Anthropologist

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 735-746

  Fiorini, Stefano ^a,b   Tagarelli, Giuseppe ^c   Boattini, Alessio ^d   Luiselli, Donata ^d   Piro, Anna ^c   Tagarelli, Antonio ^c   Pettener, Davide ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arb reshe; Biocultural evolution; Biodemography; Ethnicity; Genetic boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148941373     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2007.109.4.735     Document Type: Article

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