Sex-biased demographic events have played a crucial role in shaping human history. Many
of these processes affect genetic variation and can therefore leave detectable signatures in …

Abstract Purpose of Review Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) plays an essential role in forensic
science, aiding in human identification especially when dealing with degraded DNA …

The animal and plant biodiversity of the Italian territory is known to be one of the richest in
the Mediterranean basin and Europe as a whole, but does the genetic diversity of extant …

Calabrian Greeks are an enigmatic population that have preserved and evolved a unique
variety of language, Greco, survived in the isolated Aspromonte mountain area of Southern …

Summary In South Tyrol (Eastern Italian Alps), during Late Antiquity-Early Middle Ages,
archeological records indicate cultural hybridization among alpine groups and peoples of …

In this study we set out to test at a micro-geographic scale for the potential effects of
differences in urbanization degree on Y-chromosomal diversity and the paternal lineage …

Objectives Analysis of human genetic variation in mountain communities can shed light on
the peopling of mountainous regions, perhaps revealing whether the remote geographic …

Background Thanks to the availability of rich surname, linguistic and genetic information,
together with its geographic and cultural complexity, Trentino (North-Eastern Italy) is an ideal …

Objectives Genetic drift and admixture are driving forces in human evolution, but their
concerted impact to population evolution in historical times and at a micro‐geographic scale …

In a contribution conducted in the French Southern Alps, Hinojosa et al.(2016) suggested
that place attachment is relatively higher where it is difficult to live. We examine whether this …