Population Structure of Modern-Day Italians Reveals Patterns of Ancient and Archaic Ancestries in So (IMAGE)

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Population Structure of Modern-Day Italians Reveals Patterns of Ancient and Archaic Ancestries in So

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The main contributors to the genetic variation in Italy. On the left the sources of the genetic "layers" highlighted in Italy and across Europe: European Hunter-Gatherers, Anatolian Farmers, Herders from the Pontic-Caspian area plus Caucasus-related signals, and African signatures associated with Arab Kingdoms. On the right the proportions of these contributions and the relative amounts of Neanderthal ancestry in Sardinia, Northern and Southern Italy. Ancestry proportions are not shown in scale. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the September 4th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Raveane at University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, and colleagues was titled, "Population structure of modern-day Italians reveals patterns of ancient and archaic ancestries in Southern Europe."

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[Credit: Alessandro Corlianò]

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