Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) shows the highest incidence among organ‐specific
autoimmune diseases and is the most common thyroid disease in humans, including …

Abstract The Iberian Peninsula is linguistically diverse and has a complex demographic
history, including a centuries-long period of Muslim rule. Here, we study the fine-scale …

European populations display low genetic differentiation as the result of long-term blending
of their ancient founding ancestries. However, it is unclear how the combination of ancient …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages of macro-haplogroup L (excluding the derived L3
branches M and N) represent the majority of the typical sub-Saharan mtDNA variability. In …

The rapid Arab-Islamic conquest during the early Middle Ages led to major political and
cultural changes in the Mediterranean world. Although the early medieval Muslim presence …

In Where Three Worlds Met, Sarah Davis-Secord investigates Sicily's place within the
religious, diplomatic, military, commercial, and intellectual networks of the Mediterranean by …

North Africa is considered a distinct geographic and ethnic entity within Africa. Although
modern humans originated in this Continent, studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y …

Background According to archaeological records and historical documentation, Italy has
been a melting point for populations of different geographical and ethnic matrices. Although …

Context: Due to its unique paternal inheritance, the Y-chromosome has been a highly
popular marker among population geneticists for over two decades. Recently, the advent of …

Abstract Objectives: To determine the African, European and Native-American paternal
contributions in genetic samples from the Department of Bolivar (Colombia) with the aims of …