An Overview of the Genetic Structure within the Italian Population from Genome-Wide Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Di Gaetano, Cornelia ^a,b   Voglino, Floriana ^b   Guarrera, Simonetta ^b   Fiorito, Giovanni ^b   Rosa, Fabio ^b   Di Blasio, Anna Maria ^c   Manzini, Paola ^d   Dianzani, Irma ^e   Betti, Marta ^e   Cusi, Daniele ^f,g   Frau, Francesca ^f,g   Barlassina, Cristina ^f,g   Mirabelli, Dario ^a   Magnani, Corrado ^e   Glorioso, Nicola ^h   Bonassi, Stefano ⁱ   Piazza, Alberto ^a,b   Matullo, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

ⁱ IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84866340474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043759     Document Type: Article

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