Sardinians Genetic Background Explained by Runs of Homozygosity and Genomic Regions under Positive Selection

The peculiar position of Sardinia in the Mediterranean sea has rendered its population an interesting biogeographical isolate. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic population structure, as well as to estimate Runs of Homozygosity and regions under positive selection, using about 1.2...

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Main Authors: Di Gaetano, Cornelia, Fiorito, Giovanni, Ortu, Maria Francesca, Rosa, Fabio, Guarrera, Simonetta, Pardini, Barbara, Cusi, Daniele, Frau, Francesca, Barlassina, Cristina, Troffa, Chiara, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Zaninello, Roberta, Fresu, Giovanni, Glorioso, Nicola, Piazza, Alberto, Matullo, Giuseppe
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3961211/