Traces of medieval migrations in a socially stratified population from Northern Italy. Evidence from uniparental markers and deep-rooted pedigrees

Heredity

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-162

  Boattini, A ^a   Sarno, S ^a   Pedrini, P ^a   Medoro, C ^a   Carta, M ^a   Tucci, S ^b   Ferri, G ^c   Alu M ^c   Luiselli, D ^a   Pettener, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FOUNDATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; MEDIEVAL; MIDDLE AGES; MUTATION;

GERMANY; ITALY;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CAUCASIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIGRATION; MUTATION RATE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84927576298     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.77     Document Type: Article

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