A comparison of y-chromosome variation in sardinia and anatolia is more consistent with cultural rather than demic diffusion of agriculture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Morelli, Laura ^a   Contu, Daniela ^b   Santoni, Federico ^c,d   Whalen, Michael B ^c   Francalacci, Paolo ^a   Cucca, Francesco ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^c CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e Istituto di Neurogenetica e Neurofarmacologia CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENE POOL; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGRICULTURE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; CULTURE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE EAST; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77956398499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010419     Document Type: Article

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