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The mitogenome portrait of Umbria in Central Italy as depicted by contemporary ...
Modi, A; Lancioni, H; Cardinali, I; Capodiferro, MR; Rambaldi Migliore, N; Hussein, A; Strobl, C; Bodner, M; Schnaller, L; Xavier, C; Rizzi, EUmbria is located in Central Italy and took the name from its ancient inhabitants, the Umbri, whose origins are still debated. Here, we investigated the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation of 545 present-day Umbrians (with 198 entire mitogenomes) and 28 pre-Roman individuals (obtaining 19 ancient mtDNAs) excavated from the necropolis of Plestia. We found a rather homogeneous distribution of western Eurasian lin...
Population structure of modern-day Italians reveals patterns of ancient and arc...
Raveane, A; Aneli, S; Montinaro, F; Athanasiadis, G; Barlera, S; Birolo, G; Boncoraglio, G; Di, Blasio, AM; Di, Gaetano, C; Pagani, L; Parolo, SEuropean populations display low genetic differentiation as the result of long-term blending of their ancient founding ancestries. However, it is unclear how the combination of ancient ancestries related to early foragers, Neolithic farmers, and Bronze Age nomadic pastoralists can explain the distribution of genetic variation across Europe. Populations in natural crossroads like the Italian peninsula are expect...
Mitochondrial genomes from modern horses reveal the major haplogroups that unde...
Achilli, A; Olivieri, A; Soares, P; Lancioni, H; Kashani, BH; Perego, UA; Nergadze, SG; Carossa, V; Santagostino, M; Capomaccio, S; Felicetti, MArchaeological and genetic evidence concerning the time and mode of wild horse (Equus ferus) domestication is still debated. High levels of genetic diversity in horse mtDNA have been detected when analyzing the control region; recurrent mutations, however, tend to blur the structure of the phylogenetic tree. Here, we brought the horse mtDNA phylogeny to the highest level of molecular resolution by analyzing 83 ...