Linking between genetic structure and geographical distance: Study of the maternal gene pool in the Ethiopian population

• Main Authors: Francesco Messina (Author), Giuseppina Scano (Author), Irene Contini (Author), Cristina Martínez-Labarga (Author), Gian Franco De Stefano (Author), Olga Rickards (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background The correlation between genetics and geographical distance has already been examined through the study of the dispersion of human populations, especially in terms of uniparental genetic markers. Aim The present work characterises, at the level of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), two new sam...