Complex interplay between neutral and adaptive evolution shaped differential genomic background and disease susceptibility along the Italian peninsula

The Italian peninsula has long represented a natural hub for human migrations across the Mediterranean area, being involved in several prehistoric and historical population movements. Coupled with a patchy environmental landscape entailing different ecological/cultural selective pressures, this migh...

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Main Authors: Sazzini, Marco, Gnecchi Ruscone, Guido Alberto, Giuliani, Cristina, Sarno, Stefania, Quagliariello, Andrea, De Fanti, Sara, Boattini, Alessio, Gentilini, Davide, Fiorito, Giovanni, Catanoso, Mariagrazia, Boiardi, Luigi, Croci, Stefania, Macchioni, Pierluigi, Mantovani, Vilma, Di Blasio, Anna Maria, Matullo, Giuseppe, Salvarani, Carlo, Franceschi, Claudio, Pettener, Davide, Garagnani, Paolo, Luiselli, Donata
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007512/