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Genetic variation in prehistoric Sardinia.
Human genetics - 1 Nov 2007
Caramelli David, Vernesi Cristiano, Sanna Simona, Sampietro Lourdes, Lari Martina, Castrì Loredana, Vona Giuseppe, Floris Rosalba, Francalacci Paolo, Tykot Robert, Casoli Antonella, Bertranpetit Jaume, Lalueza-Fox Carles, Bertorelle Giorgio, Barbujani Guido
Abstract excerpt
We sampled teeth from 53 ancient Sardinian (Nuragic) individuals who lived in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age, between 3,430 and 2,700 years ago. After eliminating the samples that, in preliminary biochemical tests, did not show a high probability to yield reproducible results, we obtained 23 sequences of the mitochondrial DNA control region, which were associated to haplogroups by comparison with a dataset of...
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