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SUBMITTER: Pellecchia M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2189563 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pellecchia Marco M Negrini Riccardo R Colli Licia L Patrini Massimiliano M Milanesi Elisabetta E Achilli Alessandro A Bertorelle Giorgio G Cavalli-Sforza Luigi L LL Piazza Alberto A Torroni Antonio A Ajmone-Marsan Paolo P
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20070501 1614
The Etruscan culture developed in Central Italy (Etruria) in the first millennium BC and for centuries dominated part of the Italian Peninsula, including Rome. The history of the Etruscans is at the roots of Mediterranean culture and civilization, but their origin is still debated: local or Eastern provenance? To shed light on this mystery, bovine and human mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) have been investigated, based on the well-recognized strict legacy which links human and livestock populations. ...[more]