Mitogenome Diversity in Sardinians: A Genetic Window onto an Island's Past

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1230-1239

  Olivieri, Anna ^a   Sidore, Carlo ^b,c,d   Achilli, Alessandro ^a   Angius, Andrea ^b,d,e   Posth, Cosimo ^f,g   Furtwängler, Anja ^g   Brandini, Stefania ^a   Capodiferro, Marco Rosario ^a   Gandini, Francesca ^a,h   Zoledziewska, Magdalena ^b   Pitzalis, Maristella ^b   Maschio, Andrea ^b,c   Busonero, Fabio ^b,c   Lai, Luca ⁱ   Skeates, Robin ^j   Gradoli, Maria Giuseppina ^k   Beckett, Jessica ^l   Marongiu, Michele ^b   Mazzarello, Vittorio ^d   Marongiu, Patrizia ^d   Rubino, Salvatore ^d   Rito, Teresa ^m   Macaulay, Vincent ⁿ   Semino, Ornella ^a   Pala, Maria ^h   Abecasis, Gonçalo R ^c   Schlessinger, David ^o   Conde Sousa, Eduardo ^p   Soares, Pedro ^p   Richards, Martin B ^h   Cucca, Francesco ^b,d   Torroni, Antonio ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Milan Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

^f Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History ^*  (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^j DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^l Independent Contractor   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

more..

Author keywords

Haplogroups; Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny; Mitochondrial genomes; Origins of Europeans; Prehistory of Sardinia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOGROUP; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SARDINIA; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ITALY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ANCIENT DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, ANCIENT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ISLANDS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85019115396     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx082     Document Type: Article

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