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The Greeks in the West: genetic signatures of the Hellenic colonisation in southern Italy and Sicily
2015
Greek colonisation of South Italy and Sicily (Magna Graecia) was a defining event in European cultural history, although the demographic processes and genetic impacts involved have not been systematically investigated. Here, we combine high-resolution surveys of the variability at the uni-parentally inherited Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA in selected samples of putative source and recipient populations with forward-in-time simulations of alternative demographic models to detect signatures of that impact. Using a subset of haplotypes chosen to represent historical sources, we recover a clear signature of Greek ancestry in East Sicily compatible with the settlement from Euboea during the…
Femmes indigènes et colons grecs : quelques observations
2010
Colloque organisé par la Maison René-Ginouvès, Nanterre, 10-12 juin 2009