Current methods for inferring population structure from genetic data do not provide formal
significance tests for population differentiation. We discuss an approach to studying …

European Americans are often treated as a homogeneous group, but in fact form a
structured population due to historical immigration of diverse source populations. Discerning …

The evolution of languages provides a unique opportunity to study human population
history. The origin of Semitic and the nature of dispersals by Semitic-speaking populations …

The Mediterranean islands and their population history are of considerable importance to
the interpretation of the population history of Europe as a whole. In this context, Sicily …

The Phoenicians were the dominant traders in the Mediterranean Sea two thousand to three
thousand years ago and expanded from their homeland in the Levant to establish colonies …

Recently, the debate on the origins of the major European Y chromosome haplogroup
R1b1b2-M269 has reignited, and opinion has moved away from Palaeolithic origins to the …

This study tries to find detectable signals of gene flow of Sub-Saharan origin into the
Mediterranean in four genomic regions previously associated with coronary artery disease …

The Handbook of Forensic Drug Analysis is a comprehensive chemical and analytic
reference for the forensic analysis of illicit drugs. With chapters written by leading …

Genetic isolates are compelling tools for mapping genes of inherited disorders. The
archipelago of Malta, a sovereign microstate in the south of Europe is home to a …

North Africa is considered a distinct geographic and ethnic entity within Africa. Although
modern humans originated in this Continent, studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y …