Inferring genealogical processes from patterns of bronze-age and modern DNA variation in Sardinia

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 875-886

  Ghirotto, Silvia ^a   Mona, Stefano ^a,d   Benazzo, Andrea ^a   Paparazzo, Francesco ^a,b,e   Caramelli, David ^c   Barbujani, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Approximate Bayesian computation; Coalescent simulations; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRONZE AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MALE; MODERN TIMES; SIMULATION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FLOW; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; HUMANS; ITALY; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 77952303302     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp292     Document Type: Article

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