Diachronic and synchronic genetic analysis of ancient piedmont population

Journal of Biological Research (Italy)

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 156-159

  Vai, S ^a   Lari, M ^a   Ghirotto, S ^b   Rizzi, E ^c   Achilli, A ^d   Olivieri, A ^e   Bedini, E ^f   Lippi, B ^g   Rabino Massa, E ^h   Piazza, A ^h   Torroni, A ^e   Barbujani, G ^b   Caramelli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f Anthropozoologica   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Human; mtDNA; Piedmont

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016037584     PISSN: 18268838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jbr.2012.4091     Document Type: Article

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