Moors and Saracens in Europe: Estimating the medieval North African male legacy in southern Europe

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 848-852

  Capelli, Cristian ^a   Onofri, Valerio ^b   Brisighelli, Francesca ^c,d   Boschi, Ilaria ^d   Scarnicci, Francesca ^d   Masullo, Mara ^d   Ferri, Gianmarco ^e   Tofanelli, Sergio ^f   Tagliabracci, Adriano ^b   Gusmao, Leonor ^g   Amorim, Antonio ^g   Gatto, Francesco ^h   Kirin, Mirna ⁱ   Merlitti, Davide ^j   Brion, Maria ^c   Verea, Alejandro Blanco ^c   Romano, Valentino ^k   Cali, Francesco ^l   Pascali, Vincenzo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^h ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^l OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGES; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ARABS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 67349154751     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.258     Document Type: Article

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