The Greeks in the West: Genetic signatures of the Hellenic colonisation in southern Italy and Sicily

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 429-436

  Tofanelli, Sergio ^a   Brisighelli, Francesca ^b,c   Anagnostou, Paolo ^d,e   Busby, George B J ^b,f   Ferri, Gianmarco ^g   Thomas, Mark G ^h   Taglioli, Luca ^a   Rudan, Igor ⁱ   Zemunik, Tatijana ^j   Hayward, Caroline ^k   Bolnick, Deborah ^k   Romano, Valentino ^l,m   Cali, Francesco ^l   Luiselli, Donata ⁿ   Shepherd, Gillian B ^o   Tusa, Sebastiano ^p   Facella, Antonino ^q   Capelli, Cristian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Ist Ital di Paleontologia Um   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^m OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^o LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p Sopraintendenza del mare   (Italy)

^q Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Calabria   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GREEK (PEOPLE); HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MIGRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; MALE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SICILY;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SICILY;

EID: 84958166601     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.124     Document Type: Article

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