Genetic characterization of northeastern Italian population isolates in the context of broader European genetic diversity

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 659-665

  Esko, Tonu ^a,b   Mezzavilla, Massimo ^c   Nelis, Mari ^a   Borel, Christelle ^d   Debniak, Tadeusz ^e   Jakkula, Eveliina ^f   Julia, Antonio ^g   Karachanak, Sena ^h   Khrunin, Andrey ⁱ   Kisfali, Peter ^j   Krulisova, Veronika ^k   Kučinskiené, Zita Ausrele ^l   Rehnström, Karola ^m   Traglia, Michela ⁿ   Nikitina Zake, Liene ^o   Zimprich, Fritz ^p   Antonarakis, Stylianos E ^d   Estivill, Xavier ^q   Glavač, Damjan ^r   Gut, Ivo ^s   Klovins, Janis ^o   Krawczak, Michael ^t   Kučinskas, Vaidutis ^l   Lathrop, Mark ^u,v   Macek, Milan ^k   Marsal, Sara ^g   Meitinger, Thomas ^w,x   Melegh, Bela ^j   Limborska, Svetlana ⁱ   Lubinski, Jan ^e   Paolotie, Aarno ^f,m   Schreiber, Stefan ^t   Toncheva, Draga ^h   Toniolo, Daniela ⁿ   Wichmann, H Erich ^w,y   Zimprich, Alexander ^p   Metspalu, Mait ^a,b   Gasparini, Paolo ^c   Metspalu, Andres ^a,b   D'Adamo, Pio ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^e POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^l VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^m WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

^p MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^q CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^s Centre Nacional d'Analisi Genomica   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^u CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^v MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^w INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^x TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

genetic distance; isolated population; population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN GENOME; ITALY; POPULATION GENETICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84885927377     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.229     Document Type: Article

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