The population structure of Arbereshe fron genetic and cultural evidence: a paternal perspective

La vicenda arbereshe tra storia e mito

I primi anni dell'insediamento albanese in Sicilia attraverso ricostruzioni mitiche relative sia alla dimensione religiosa che a quella legata all'intelligentsia locale: vera e propria costruzione d'identità.

Linguistic, geographic and genetic isolation: a collaborative study of Italian populations

Summary - The animal and plant biodiversity of the Italian territory is known to be one of the richest in the Mediterranean basin and Europe as a whole, but does the genetic diversity of extant human populations show a comparable pattern? According to a number of studies, the genetic structure of Italian populations retains the signatures of complex peopling processes which took place from the Paleolithic to modern era. Although the observed patterns highlight a remarkable degree of genetic heterogeneity, they do not, however, take into account an important source of variation. In fact, Italy is home to numerous ethnolinguistic minorities which have yet to be studied systematically. Due to …