Dissecting a human isolate: Novel sampling criteria for analysis of the genetic structure of the Val di Scalve (Italian Pre-Alps)

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 604-609

  Boattini, Alessio ^a   Pedrosi, Maria Elena ^a   Luiselli, Donata ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographic isolates; Italian Alps; Migration matrices; Sampling strategies; Surnames

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; KINSHIP; SAMPLING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARTICLE; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 77953330000     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460903555463     Document Type: Article

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