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Reconstructing the genetic history of Italians: new insights from a male (Y-chromosome) perspective.
Annals of human biology - 1 Feb 2018
Grugni Viola, Raveane Alessandro, Mattioli Francesca, Battaglia Vincenza, Sala Cinzia, Toniolo Daniela, Ferretti Luca, Gardella Rita, Achilli Alessandro, Olivieri Anna, Torroni Antonio, Passarino Giuseppe, Semino Ornella
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Due to its central and strategic position in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin, the Italian Peninsula played a pivotal role in the first peopling of the European continent and has been a crossroad of peoples and cultures since then. AIM: This study aims to gain more information on the genetic structure of modern Italian populations and to shed light on the migration/expansion events that led to...
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