Mitogenomes from The 1000 Genome Project reveal new Near Eastern features in present-day Tuscans.

Genetic analyses have recently been carried out on present-day Tuscans (Central Italy) in order to investigate their presumable recent Near East ancestry in connection with the long-standing debate on the origins of the Etruscan civilization. We retrieved mitogenomes and genome-wide SNP data from 11...

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Main Authors: Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, Jorge Amigo, Federico Martinón-Torres, Antonio Salas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4365045?pdf=render