Abstract: Background:According to archaeological records and historical documentation, Italy has been a melting point forpopulations of different geographical and ethnic matrices. Although Italy has been a favorite subject for numerouspopulation genetic studies, genetic patterns have never been analyzed comprehensively, including uniparental andautosomal markers throughout the country.Methods/Principal Findings:A total of 583 individuals were sampled from across the Italian Peninsula, from ten distant (ifhomogeneous by language) ethnic communities — an...
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Topics: 
Evolutionary biology
Genetics