
Ghirotto Lab
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Ghirotto Lab
@GhirottoLab
Genetica di Popolazioni e Paleogenomica @ Università degli Studi di Ferrara 🧬


A comparison of ancient and modern Sicilian mitogenomes shows the presence of paleolithic groups from western Eurasia and their replacement by neolithic farming groups, as well as migrations from Africa at different times since the Bronze Age. scim.ag/47T4ErA

I'm thrilled to announce, together with @Rajiv94_ and @jk_the_villain, that our paper entitled "Fifteen millennia of human mitogenome evolution in Sicily" is out now in Science Advances! Check it out! doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…






Many Europeans had the dark skin and eyes of their African ancestors well into the Bronze and Iron ages, according to estimates of genotype likelihoods for 348 ancient genomes from Eurasia. In PNAS: ow.ly/oU9R50WvoAG
















PopGen group @UniFerrara feeling inspired by a great researcher and Nobel prize winner! Such an honor! #EESHuman
