Differential Greek and northern African migrations to Sicily are supported by genetic evidence from the Y chromosome

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Di Gaetano, Cornelia ^a   Cerutti, Nicoletta ^a   Crobu, Francesca ^a   Robino, Carlo ^a   Inturri, Serena ^a   Gino, Sarah ^a   Guarrera, Simonetta ^b   Underhill, Peter A ^c   King, Roy J ^d   Romano, Valentino ^e   Cali, Francesco ^f   Gasparini, Mauro ^g   Matullo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Salerno, Alfredo ^e   Torre, Carlo ^a   Piazza, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^g POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FLOW; GENE POOL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SICILY;

EID: 57649188638     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.120     Document Type: Article

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