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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Uniparental Markers in Italy Reveal a Sex-Biased Genetic Structure and Different Historical Strata
PLoS ONE, Volume 8, No. 5, Article e65441, Year 2013
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Located in the center of the Mediterranean landscape and with an extensive coastal line, the territory of what is today Italy has played an important role in the history of human settlements and movements of Southern Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. Populated since Paleolithic times, the complexity of human movements during the Neolithic, the Metal Ages and the most recent history of the two last millennia (involving the overlapping of different cultural and demic strata) has shaped the pattern of the modern Italian genetic structure. With the aim of disentangling this pattern and understanding which processes more importantly shaped the distribution of diversity, we have analyzed the uniparentally-inherited markers in ∼900 individuals from an extensive sampling across the Italian peninsula, Sardinia and Sicily. Spatial PCAs and DAPCs revealed a sex-biased pattern indicating different demographic histories for males and females. Besides the genetic outlier position of Sardinians, a North West-South East Y-chromosome structure is found in continental Italy. Such structure is in agreement with recent archeological syntheses indicating two independent and parallel processes of Neolithisation. In addition, date estimates pinpoint the importance of the cultural and demographic events during the late Neolithic and Metal Ages. On the other hand, mitochondrial diversity is distributed more homogeneously in agreement with older population events that might be related to the presence of an Italian Refugium during the last glacial period in Europe. © 2013 Boattini et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Boattini, Alessio
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Martínez-Cruz, Begoña
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Sarno, Stefania
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Harmant, Christine
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Useli, Antonella
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Sanz, Paula
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Yang-Yao, Daniele
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Manry, Jeremy
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ciani, Graziella
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Luiselli, Donata
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Quintana-Murci, Lluís
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Comas, D.
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Pettener, Davide
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Adhikarla, Syama
India, Madurai
Madurai Kamaraj University
Adler, Christina J.
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Balanovska, Elena V.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Research Centre for Medical Genetics
Balanovsky, Oleg P.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Research Centre for Medical Genetics
Bertranpetit, Jaume
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Clarke, Andrew C.
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Cooper, Alan C.
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Der Sarkissian, Clio S.I.
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Dulik, Matthew C.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Gaieski, Jill Bennett
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
GaneshPrasad, Arun Kumar
India, Madurai
Madurai Kamaraj University
Haak, Wolfgang
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Haber, Marc E.
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Lebanon, Beirut
Lebanese American University
Jin, Li
China, Shanghai
Fudan University
Kaplan, Matthew E.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Li, Hui
China, Shanghai
Fudan University
Li, Shilin
China, Shanghai
Fudan University
Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth A.
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Merchant, Nirav C.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Mitchell, Robert John
Australia, Melbourne
La Trobe University
Owings, Amanda C.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Parida, Laxmi P.
United States, Armonk
International Business Machines
Pitchappan, Ramasamy M.
India, Madurai
Madurai Kamaraj University
Platt, Daniel E.
United States, Armonk
International Business Machines
Renfrew, Colin
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Lacerda, Daniela Rodrigues
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Royyuru, Ajay K.
United States, Armonk
International Business Machines
Santos, Fabrício Rodrigues Dos
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Schurr, Theodore G.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Soodyall, Himla
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Health Laboratory Service
Hernanz, David F.Soria
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Geographic Society
Swamikrishnan, Pandikumar
United States, Armonk
International Business Machines
Tyler-Smith, Chris
United Kingdom, Hinxton
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Santhakumari, Arun Varatharajan
India, Madurai
Madurai Kamaraj University
Vieira, Pedro Paulo R.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Vilar, Miguel G.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Wells, R. Spencer
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Geographic Society
Zalloua, Pierre A.
Lebanon, Beirut
Lebanese American University
Ziegle, Janet S.
United States, Foster City
Vitapath Genetics
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Citations: 67
Authors: 52
Affiliations: 22
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0065441
e-ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Participants Gender
Female