An ancient Mediterranean melting pot: Investigating the uniparental genetic structure and population history of Sicily and Southern Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sarno, Stefania ^a   Boattini, Alessio ^a   Carta, Marilisa ^a   Ferri, Gianmarco ^b   Alù, Milena ^b   Yao, Daniele Yang ^a   Ciani, Graziella ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a   Luiselli, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BALKAN PENINSULA; GENE INTERACTION; GENE POOL; GENOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; INHERITANCE; ITALY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEOLITHIC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIPARENTAL GENETIC STRUCTURE; Y CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICILY;

EID: 84899748006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096074     Document Type: Article

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