An Overview of the Genetic Structure within the Italian Population from Genome-Wide Data

Cornelia Di Gaetano; Floriana Voglino; Simonetta Guarrera; Giovanni Fiorito; Fabio Rosa; Anna Maria Di Blasio; Paola Manzini; Irma Dianzani; Marta Betti; Daniele Cusi; Francesca Frau; Cristina Barlassina; Dario Mirabelli; Corrado Magnani; Nicola Glorioso; Stefano Bonassi; Alberto Piazza; Giuseppe Matullo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043759

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An Overview of the Genetic Structure within the Italian Population from Genome-Wide Data

Cornelia Di Gaetano ,

* E-mail: cornelia.digaetano@unito.it

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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Floriana Voglino,

Affiliation Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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Simonetta Guarrera,

Affiliation Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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Giovanni Fiorito,

Affiliation Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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Fabio Rosa,

Affiliation Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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Anna Maria Di Blasio,

Affiliation Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Cusano Milanino, Italy
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Paola Manzini,

Affiliation Banca del Sangue, San Giovanni-Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy
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Irma Dianzani,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Marta Betti,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Daniele Cusi,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Genomic and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Filarete, Milan, Italy
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Francesca Frau,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Genomic and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Filarete, Milan, Italy
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Cristina Barlassina,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Genomic and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Filarete, Milan, Italy
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Dario Mirabelli,

Affiliation Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Turin, Italy
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Corrado Magnani,

Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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Nicola Glorioso,

Affiliation Hypertension and Related Diseases Center, AOU, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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Stefano Bonassi,

Affiliation Unit of Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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Alberto Piazza,

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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Giuseppe Matullo

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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An Overview of the Genetic Structure within the Italian Population from Genome-Wide Data

Cornelia Di Gaetano,
Floriana Voglino,
Simonetta Guarrera,
Giovanni Fiorito,
Fabio Rosa,
Anna Maria Di Blasio,
Paola Manzini,
Irma Dianzani,
Marta Betti,
Daniele Cusi

Published: September 12, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043759

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