Linguistic, geographic and genetic isolation: A collaborative study of italian populations

Journal of Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 2014, 2014, Pages 201-231

  Capocasa, Marco ^b,c   Anagnostou, Paolo ^a,b   Bachis, Valeria ^d   Battaggia, Cinzia ^a   Bertoncini, Stefania ^e   Biondi, Gianfranco ^f   Boattini, Alessio ^g   Boschi, Ilaria ^h   Brisighelli, Francesca ^a,i   Calò, Carla Maria ^d   Carta, Marilisa ^g   Coia, Valentina ^j,k   Corrias, Laura ^d   Crivellaro, Federica ^l   De Fanti, Sara ^g   Dominici, Valentina ^a,b   Ferri, Gianmarco ^m   Francalacci, Paolo ⁿ   Franceschi, Zelda Alice ^g   Luiselli, Donata ^g   Morelli, Laura ⁿ   Paoli, Giorgio ^e   Rickards, Olga ^o   Robledo, Renato ^d   Sanna, Daria ⁿ   Sanna, Emanuele ^d   Sarno, Stefania ^g   Sineo, Luca ^p   Taglioli, Luca ^e   Tagarelli, Giuseppe ^q   Tofanelli, Sergio ^e   Vona, Giuseppe ^d   Pettener, Davide ^g   Bisol, Giovanni Destro ^a,b   more..

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Italiano di Antropologia   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^k Accademia Europea di Bolzano Istituto per le Mummie e l Iceman   (Italy)

^l Sezione di Paleontologia del Quaternario e Archeozoologia   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^q INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Genetic structure; Linguistic diversity; Linguistic islands; Minority languages

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

EID: 84919915725     PISSN: 18274765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4436/JASS.92001     Document Type: Article

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