Origins and Evolution of the Etruscans' mtDNA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ghirotto, Silvia ^a   Tassi, Francesca ^a   Fumagalli, Erica ^a,b,f   Colonna, Vincenza ^a,c   Sandionigi, Anna ^d   Lari, Martina ^d   Vai, Stefania ^d   Petiti, Emmanuele ^d   Corti, Giorgio ^e,g   Rizzi, Ermanno ^e   de Bellis, Gianluca ^e   Caramelli, David ^d   Barbujani, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRATION; ITALY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84873529496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055519     Document Type: Article

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