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Clinal patterns of human Y chromosomal diversity in continental Italy and Greece are dominated by drift and founder effects.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2003
Di Giacomo F, Luca F, Anagnou N, Ciavarella G, Corbo R M, Cresta M, Cucci F, Di Stasi L, Agostiano V, Giparaki M, Loutradis A, Mammi' C, Michalodimitrakis E N, Papola F, Pedicini G, Plata E, Terrenato L, Tofanelli S, Malaspina P, Novelletto A
Abstract excerpt
We explored the spatial distribution of human Y chromosomal diversity on a microgeographic scale, by typing 30 population samples from closely spaced locations in Italy and Greece for 9 haplogroups and their internal microsatellite variation. We confirm a significant difference in the composition of the Y chromosomal gene pools of the two countries. However, within each country, heterogeneity is not organized...
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