High differentiation among eight villages in a secluded area of Sardinia revealed by genome-wide high density SNPs analysis.

To better design association studies for complex traits in isolated populations it's important to understand how history and isolation moulded the genetic features of different communities. Population isolates should not "a priori" be considered homogeneous, even if the communities ar...

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Main Authors: Giorgio Pistis, Ignazio Piras, Nicola Pirastu, Ivana Persico, Alessandro Sassu, Andrea Picciau, Dionigio Prodi, Cristina Fraumene, Evelina Mocci, Maria Teresa Manias, Rossano Atzeni, Massimiliano Cosso, Mario Pirastu, Andrea Angius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19247500/?tool=EBI