About the Authors
- Alessandro Achilli
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Affiliations Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Ugo A. Perego
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Affiliations Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Claudio M. Bravi
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Genética Molecular Poblacional, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), La Plata, Argentina
- Michael D. Coble
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Affiliation Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Qing-Peng Kong
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Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, and Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
- Scott R. Woodward
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Affiliation Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Antonio Salas
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Affiliation Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Medicina Legal, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Antonio Torroni
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: torroni@ipvgen.unipv.it
Affiliation Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Hans-Jürgen Bandelt
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Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AS AT HB AA. Performed the experiments: AA UP. Analyzed the data: AS AT HB CB QK AA MC UP SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT. Wrote the paper: AS AT HB CB QK AA MC UP SW.