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The Etruscans: a population-genetic study.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Vernesi Cristiano, Caramelli David, Dupanloup Isabelle, Bertorelle Giorgio, Lari Martina, Cappellini Enrico, Moggi-Cecchi Jacopo, Chiarelli Brunetto, Castrì Loredana, Casoli Antonella, Mallegni Francesco, Lalueza-Fox Carles, Barbujani Guido
Abstract excerpt
The origins of the Etruscans, a non-Indo-European population of preclassical Italy, are unclear. There is broad agreement that their culture developed locally, but the Etruscans' evolutionary and migrational relationships are largely unknown. In this study, we determined mitochondrial DNA sequences in multiple clones derived from bone samples of 80 Etruscans who lived between the 7th and the 3rd centuries b.c. In...
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