Shared language, diverging genetic histories: high-resolution analysis of Y-chromosome variability in Calabrian and Sicilian Arbereshe

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 600-606

  Sarno, Stefania ^a   Tofanelli, Sergio ^b   De Fanti, Sara ^a   Quagliariello, Andrea ^a   Bortolini, Eugenio ^a   Ferri, Gianmarco ^c   Anagnostou, Paolo ^d,e   Brisighelli, Francesca ^f,g   Capelli, Cristian ^f   Tagarelli, Giuseppe ^h   Sineo, Luca ⁱ   Luiselli, Donata ^a   Boattini, Alessio ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Istituto Italiano di Antropologia   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ALBANIAN (PEOPLE); ARBERESHE PEOPLE; ARTICLE; BALKAN PENINSULA; CHROMOSOME HIGH RESOLUTION BANDING ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); ITALY; LANGUAGE; LOWER PLEISTOCENE; MALE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; Y CHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PEDIGREE; POPULATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; POPULATION;

EID: 84960406095     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.138     Document Type: Article

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