title: The Etruscan timeline: a recent Anatolian connection.
abstract: The origin of the Etruscans (the present day Tuscany, Italy), one of the most enigmatic non-Indo-European civilizations, is under intense controversy. We found novel genetic evidences on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) establishing a genetic link between Anatolia and the ancient Etruria. By way of complete mtDNA genome sequencing of a novel autochthonous Tuscan branch of haplogroup U7 (namely U7a2a), we have estimated an historical time frame for the arrival of Anatolian lineages to Tuscany ranging from 1.1+/-0.1 to 2.3+/-0.4 kya B.P.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Xenética, Facultade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Legal, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brisighelli
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capelli
authors.forename: Vanesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Iglesias
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Onofri
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paoli
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tofanelli
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carracedo
authors.forename: Vincenzo L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Pascali
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salas
mesh_terms: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D051456:Gene Flow; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial