Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages e49-e52 , June 2011

Strong intra- and inter-continental differentiation revealed by Y chromosome SNPs M269, U106 and U152

  • Fulvio Cruciani

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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  • Beniamino Trombetta

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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  • Cheyenne Antonelli

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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  • Roberto Pascone

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Pediatria, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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  • Guido Valesini

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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  • Valentina Scalzi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Vona

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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  • Bela Melegh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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  • Boris Zagradisnik

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Medical Genetics, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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  • Guenter Assum

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Humangenetik, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Georgi D. Efremov

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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  • Daniele Sellitto

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy
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  • Rosaria Scozzari

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 49912826/49912924; fax: +39 06 4456866.

Received 3 May 2010 ,Revised 23 July 2010 ,Accepted 28 July 2010.

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PII: S1872-4973(10)00117-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.07.006

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages e49-e52 , June 2011

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