Population structure of modern-day Italians reveals patterns of ancient and archaic ancestries in Southern Europe

A Raveane, S Aneli, F Montinaro, G Athanasiadis… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
European populations display low genetic differentiation as the result of long-term blending
of their ancient founding ancestries. However, it is unclear how the combination of ancient …

Ancient and recent admixture layers in Sicily and Southern Italy trace multiple migration routes along the Mediterranean

S Sarno, A Boattini, L Pagani, M Sazzini, S De Fanti… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The Mediterranean shores stretching between Sicily, Southern Italy and the Southern
Balkans witnessed a long series of migration processes and cultural exchanges …

Genomic history of the Italian population recapitulates key evolutionary dynamics of both Continental and Southern Europeans

M Sazzini, P Abondio, S Sarno, GA Gnecchi-Ruscone… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Background The cline of human genetic diversity observable across Europe is recapitulated
at a micro-geographic scale by variation within the Italian population. Besides resulting from …

Linguistic, geographic and genetic isolation: a collaborative study of Italian populations

M Capocasa, P Anagnostou, V Bachis… - Journal of …, 2014 - arpi.unipi.it
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 …

Uniparental markers of contemporary Italian population reveals details on its pre-Roman heritage

F Brisighelli, V Alvarez-Iglesias, M Fondevila… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background According to archaeological records and historical documentation, Italy has
been a melting point for populations of different geographical and ethnic matrices. Although …

Allelic and phenotypic heterogeneity in 49 Italian patients with the muscle form of CPT‐II deficiency

M Fanin, A Anichini, D Cassandrini, C Fiorillo… - Clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Fanin M, Anichini A, Cassandrini D, Fiorillo C, Scapolan S, Minetti C, Cassanello M, Donati
MA, Siciliano G, D'Amico A, Lilliu F, Bruno C, Angelini C. Allelic and phenotypic …

Genetic history of Calabrian Greeks reveals ancient events and long term isolation in the Aspromonte area of Southern Italy

S Sarno, R Petrilli, P Abondio, A De Giovanni… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Biocultural diversity in Italy

V Nazari, S Belardinelli, A Pieroni, R Motti, A Chiarucci… - Human Ecology, 2023 - Springer
As an initial step in more extensive research into the links between biological and cultural
diversity in present-day Italy, we reviewed Biocultural Diversity studies that explore the …

Shared language, diverging genetic histories: high-resolution analysis of Y-chromosome variability in Calabrian and Sicilian Arbereshe

S Sarno, S Tofanelli, S De Fanti… - European Journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
The relationship between genetic and linguistic diversification in human populations has
been often explored to interpret some specific issues in human history. The Albanian …

Reconstructing the genetic history of Italians: new insights from a male (Y-chromosome) perspective

V Grugni, A Raveane, F Mattioli, V Battaglia… - Annals of human …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Due to its central and strategic position in Europe and in the Mediterranean
Basin, the Italian Peninsula played a pivotal role in the first peopling of the European …