Recent publications
2022
A Genome-Wide Association Study of 2304 Extreme Longevity Cases Identifies Novel Longevity Variants. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 21;24(1):116. doi: 10.3390/ijms24010116.
A Targeted Epigenetic Clock for the Prediction of Biological Age. Cells. 2022 Dec 14;11(24):4044. doi: 10.3390/cells11244044.
Evolutionary Implications of Environmental Toxicant Exposure. Biomedicines. 2022 Dec 1;10(12):3090. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10123090.
From the Alps to the Mediterranean and beyond: genetics, environment, culture and the "impossible beauty" of Italy. Anagnostou P, Montinaro F, Sazzini M, Di Vincenzo F, Destro Bisol G.J Anthropol Sci. 2022 Dec 30;100:267-294. doi: 10.4436/JASS.10010.
The coevolution between APOBEC3 and retrotransposons in primates. Mob DNA. 2022 Nov 29;13(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s13100-022-00283-1.
Altitude-Induced Sleep Apnea Is Highly Dependent on Ethnic Background (Sherpa Vs. Tamang). Heiniger G, Walbaum S, Sartori C, Lovis A, Sazzini M, Wellman A, Heinzer R.High Alt Med Biol. 2022 Jun;23(2):165-172. doi: 10.1089/ham.2022.0012.
Helena's Many Daughters: More Mitogenome Diversity behind the Most Common West Eurasian mtDNA Control Region Haplotype in an Extended Italian Population Sample. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jun 16;23(12):6725. doi: 10.3390/ijms23126725.
Association of rs3027178 polymorphism in the circadian clock gene PER1 with susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease and longevity in an Italian population. Geroscience. 2022 Apr;44(2):881-896. doi: 10.1007/s11357-021-00477-0. Epub 2021 Dec 18.
GDF15, an emerging key player in human aging. Ageing Res Rev. 2022 Mar;75:101569. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2022.101569. Epub 2022 Jan 19.
C5 and SRGAP3 Polymorphisms Are Linked to Paediatric Allergic Asthma in the Italian Population. Genes (Basel). 2022 Jan 25;13(2):214. doi: 10.3390/genes13020214.
Dietary, Cultural, and Pathogens-Related Selective Pressures Shaped Differential Adaptive Evolution among Native Mexican Populations. Ojeda-Granados C, Abondio P, Setti A, Sarno S, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, González-Orozco E, De Fanti S, Jiménez-Kaufmann A, Rangel-Villalobos H, Moreno-Estrada A, Sazzini M. Mol Biol Evol. 2022 Jan 7;39(1):msab290. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab290.
2021
Genomic Analysis of 18th-Century Kazakh Individuals and Their Oral Microbiome. Biology (Basel). 2021 Dec 14;10(12):1324. doi: 10.3390/biology10121324.
DLX5/6 GABAergic Expression Affects Social Vocalization: Implications for Human Evolution. Mol Biol Evol. 2021 Oct 27;38(11):4748-4764. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab181.
Amyloid Precursor Protein A713T Mutation in Calabrian Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: A Population Genomics Approach to Estimate Inheritance from a Common Ancestor. Biomedicines. 2021 Dec 23;10(1):20. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10010020.
Twenty-Seven Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats Analysis of Italian Mummies of the 16th and 18th Centuries: An Interdisciplinary Research. Front Genet. 2021 Sep 30;12:720640. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.720640. eCollection 2021.
Uniparental Lineages from the Oldest Indigenous Population of Ecuador: The Tsachilas. Genes (Basel). 2021 Aug 20;12(8):1273. doi: 10.3390/genes12081273.
Y-chromosome variability and genetic history of Commons from Northern Italy. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2021 May 10. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24302. Online ahead of print.
Detecting Variants in the NBN Gene While Testing for Hereditary Breast Cancer: What to Do Next? Int J Mol Sci. 2021 May 29;22(11):5832. doi: 10.3390/ijms22115832.
The surname structure of Trentino (Italy) and its relationship with dialects and genes. Ann Hum Biol. 2021 May;48(3):260-269. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1936635.
Insights into Punic genetic signatures in the southern necropolis of Tharros (Sardinia). Ann Hum Biol. 2021 May;48(3):247-259. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1937699.
Analysis of human mitochondrial genome co-occurrence networks of Asian population at varying altitudes. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 8;11(1):133. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80271-8.
2020
Investigating Mitonuclear Genetic Interactions Through Machine Learning: A Case Study on Cold Adaptation Genes in Human Populations From Different European Climate Regions. Front Physiol. 2020 Nov 11;11:575968. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.575968. eCollection 2020.
Haplotype data and forensic evaluation of 23 Y-STR and 12 X-STR loci in eight ethnic groups from Eritrea. Int J Legal Med. 2021 Mar;135(2):449-453. doi: 10.1007/s00414-020-02446-2. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
Genomic adaptations to cereal-based diets contribute to mitigate metabolic risk in some human populations of East Asian ancestry. Landini A, Yu S, Gnecchi‐Ruscone GA, Abondio P, Ojeda‐Granados C, Sarno S, De Fanti S, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Jin H, Nguyen TT, Romeo G, Prata C, Bortolini E, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Sazzini M. Evol Appl. 2020 Sep 8;14(2):297-313. doi: 10.1111/eva.13090. eCollection 2021 Feb.
Ecological Sensing Through Taste and Chemosensation Mediates Inflammation: A Biological Anthropological Approach. Giuliani C, Franceschi C, Luiselli D, Garagnani P, Ulijaszek S. Adv Nutr. 2020 Jul 10:nmaa078. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmaa078. Online ahead of print.
Genomic history of the Italian population recapitulates key evolutionary dynamics of both Continental and Southern Europeans. Sazzini M, Abondio P, Sarno S, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Ragno M, Giuliani C, De Fanti S, Ojeda-Granados C, Boattini A, Marquis J, Valsesia A, Carayol J, Raymond F, Pirazzini C, Marasco E, Ferrarini A, Xumerle L, Collino S, Mari D, Arosio B, Monti D, Passarino G, D'Aquila P, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Castellani G, Delledonne M, Descombes P, Franceschi C, Garagnani P. BMC Biol. 2020 May 22;18(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00778-4.
The Contextualized Genetics of Human Longevity: JACC Focus Seminar. Franceschi C, Garagnani P, Olivieri F, Salvioli S, Giuliani C. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Mar 3;75(8):968-979. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.12.032.
Genetic Theories of Aging. In Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Giuliani C, Garagnani P, Franceschi C. Edited by Danan Gu and Matthew E. Dupre, Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2020; 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_731-1.
2019
Grasping the genetic determinants of human adaptations: the "Kings of the Mountains" (Sherpa) case study. Sazzini M. J Anthropol Sci. 2019 Dec 31;96:1-7. doi: 10.4436/JASS.97011. Epub 2019 Dec 20.
Gut microbiota composition in Himalayan and Andean populations and its relationship with diet, lifestyle and adaptation to the high-altitude environment. Quagliariello A, Di Paola M, De Fanti S, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Martinez-Priego L, Pérez-Villaroya D, Sherpa MG, Sherpa PT, Marinelli G, Natali L, Di Marcello M, Peluzzi D, Di Cosimo P, D'Auria G, Pettener D, Sazzini M, Luiselli D, De Filippo C. J Anthropol Sci. 2019 Dec 31;96:189-208. doi: 10.4436/JASS.97007. Epub 2019 Nov 25.
The Genomic Impact of European Colonization of the Americas. Ongaro L, Scliar MO, Flores R, Raveane A, Marnetto D, Sarno S, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Patin E, Wangkumhang P, Hellenthal G, Gonzalez-Santos M, King RJ, Kouvatsi A, Balanovsky O, Balanovska E, Atramentova L, Turdikulova S, Mastana S, Marjanovic D, Mulahasanovic L, Leskovac A, Lima-Costa MF, Pereira AC, Barreto ML, Horta BL, Mabunda N, May CA, Moreno-Estrada A, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Semino O, Tambets K, Kivisild T, Luiselli D, Torroni A, Capelli C, Tarazona-Santos E, Metspalu M, Pagani L, Montinaro F. Curr Biol. 2019 Dec 2;29(23):3974-3986.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.076. Epub 2019 Nov 14.
The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia. Narasimhan VM, Patterson N, Moorjani P, Rohland N, Bernardos R, Mallick S, Lazaridis I, Nakatsuka N, Olalde I, Lipson M, Kim AM, Olivieri LM, Coppa A, Vidale M, Mallory J, Moiseyev V, Kitov E, Monge J, Adamski N, Alex N, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Candilio F, Callan K, Cheronet O, Culleton BJ, Ferry M, Fernandes D, Freilich S, Gamarra B, Gaudio D, Hajdinjak M, Harney É, Harper TK, Keating D, Lawson AM, Mah M, Mandl K, Michel M, Novak M, Oppenheimer J, Rai N, Sirak K, Slon V, Stewardson K, Zalzala F, Zhang Z, Akhatov G, Bagashev AN, Bagnera A, Baitanayev B, Bendezu-Sarmiento J, Bissembaev AA, Bonora GL, Chargynov TT, Chikisheva T, Dashkovskiy PK, Derevianko A, Dobeš M, Douka K, Dubova N, Duisengali MN, Enshin D, Epimakhov A, Fribus AV, Fuller D, Goryachev A, Gromov A, Grushin SP, Hanks B, Judd M, Kazizov E, Khokhlov A, Krygin AP, Kupriyanova E, Kuznetsov P, Luiselli D, Maksudov F, Mamedov AM, Mamirov TB, Meiklejohn C, Merrett DC, Micheli R, Mochalov O, Mustafokulov S, Nayak A, Pettener D, Potts R, Razhev D, Rykun M, Sarno S, Savenkova TM, Sikhymbaeva K, Slepchenko SM, Soltobaev OA, Stepanova N, Svyatko S, Tabaldiev K, Teschler-Nicola M, Tishkin AA, Tkachev VV, Vasilyev S, Velemínský P, Voyakin D, Yermolayeva A, Zahir M, Zubkov VS, Zubova A, Shinde VS, Lalueza-Fox C, Meyer M, Anthony D, Boivin N, Thangaraj K, Kennett DJ, Frachetti M, Pinhasi R, Reich D. Science. 2019 Sep 6;365(6457). pii: eaat7487. doi: 10.1126/science.aat7487.
A Historical-Genetic Reconstruction of Human Extra-Pair Paternity. Larmuseau MHD, van den Berg P, Claerhout S, Calafell F, Boattini A, Gruyters L, Vandenbosch M, Nivelle K, Decorte R, Wenseleers T. Curr Biol. 2019 Dec 2;29(23):4102-4107.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.075.
Inter-individual genomic heterogeneity within European population isolates. Anagnostou P, Dominici V, Battaggia C, Lisi A, Sarno S, Boattini A, Calò C, Francalacci P, Vona G, Tofanelli S, Vilar MG, Colonna V, Pagani L, Destro Bisol G. PLoS One. 2019 Oct 9;14(10):e0214564. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214564. eCollection 2019.
Estimating Y-Str Mutation Rates and Tmrca Through Deep-Rooting Italian Pedigrees. Boattini A, Sarno S, Mazzarisi AM, Viroli C, De Fanti S, Bini C, Larmuseau MHD, Pelotti S, Luiselli D. Sci Rep. 2019 Jun 21;9(1):9032. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45398-3.
Dissecting the Pre-Columbian genomic ancestry of Native Americans along the Andes-Amazonia divide. Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Sarno S, De Fanti S, Gianvincenzo L, Giuliani C, Boattini A, Bortolini E, Di Corcia T, Sanchez Mellado C, Dàvila Francia TJ, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Di Cosimo P, Cilli E, Gonzalez-Martin A, Franceschi C, Franceschi ZA, Rickards O, Sazzini M, Luiselli D, Pettener D. Mol Biol Evol. 2019 Jun 1;36(6):1254-1269. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz066.
Ancient human mitochondrial genomes from Bronze Age Bulgaria: new insights into the genetic history of Thracians. Modi A, Nesheva D, Sarno S, Vai S, Karachanak-Yankova S, Luiselli D, Pilli E, Lari M, Vergata C, Yordanov Y, Dimitrova D, Kalcev P, Staneva R, Antonova O, Hadjidekova S, Galabov A, Toncheva D, Caramelli D. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 1;9(1):5412. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41945-0.
The Genetic Variability of APOE in Different Human Populations and Its Implications for Longevity. Abondio P, Sazzini M, Garagnani P, Boattini A, Monti D, Franceschi C, Luiselli D, Giuliani C. Genes (Basel). 2019 Mar 15;10(3). pii: E222. doi: 10.3390/genes10030222. Review.
Ancestral mitochondrial N lineage from the Neolithic 'green' Sahara. Vai S, Sarno S, Lari M, Luiselli D, Manzi G, Gallinaro M, Mataich S, Hübner A, Modi A, Pilli E, Tafuri MA, Caramelli D, di Lernia S. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 5;9(1):3530. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39802-1.
An African-specific haplotype in MRGPRX4 is associated with menthol cigarette smoking. Kozlitina J, Risso D, Lansu K, Olsen RHJ, Sainz E, Luiselli D, Barik A, Frigerio-Domingues C, Pagani L, Wooding S, Kirchner T, Niaura R, Roth B, Drayna D. PLoS Genet. 2019 Feb 15;15(2):e1007916. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007916. eCollection 2019 Feb.
Response of high-risk MDS to azacitidine and lenalidomide is impacted by baseline and acquired mutations in a cluster of three inositide-specific genes. Follo MY, Pellagatti A, Armstrong RN, Ratti S, Mongiorgi S, De Fanti S, Bochicchio MT, Russo D, Gobbi M, Miglino M, Parisi S, Martinelli G, Cavo M, Luiselli D, McCubrey JA, Suh PG, Manzoli L, Boultwood J, Finelli C, Cocco L. Leukemia. 2019 Feb 20. doi: 10.1038/s41375-019-0416-x. [Epub ahead of print]
The genetic legacy of the Yaghnobis: A witness of an ancient Eurasian ancestry in the historically reshuffled central Asian gene pool. Cilli E, Sarno S, Gnecchi Ruscone GA, Serventi P, De Fanti S, Delaini P, Ognibene P, Basello GP, Ravegnini G, Angelini S, Ferri G, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Pelotti S, Pettener D, Sazzini M, Panaino A, Luiselli D, Gruppioni G. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2019 Jan 29. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23789. [Epub ahead of print]
A Combined Targeted and Whole Exome Sequencing Approach Identified Novel Candidate Genes Involved in Heritable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Barozzi C, Galletti M, Tomasi L, De Fanti S, Palazzini M, Manes A, Sazzini M, Galiè N. Sci Rep. 2019 Jan 24;9(1):753. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37277-0.
Aneuploid acute myeloid leukemia exhibits a signature of genomic alterations in the cell cycle and protein degradation machinery. Simonetti G, Padella A, do Valle IF, Fontana MC, Fonzi E, Bruno S, Baldazzi C, Guadagnuolo V, Manfrini M, Ferrari A, Paolini S, Papayannidis C, Marconi G, Franchini E, Zuffa E, Laginestra MA, Zanotti F, Astolfi A, Iacobucci I, Bernardi S, Sazzini M, Ficarra E, Hernandez JM, Vandenberghe P, Cools J, Bullinger L, Ottaviani E, Testoni N, Cavo M, Haferlach T, Castellani G, Remondini D, Martinelli G. Cancer. 2019 Mar 1;125(5):712-725. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31837.
2018
Evidence of polygenic adaptation to high altitude from Tibetan and Sherpa genomes. Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Abondio P, De Fanti S, Sarno S, Sherpa MG, Sherpa PT, Marinelli G, Natali L, Di Marcello M, Peluzzi D, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Sazzini M. Genome Biol Evol. 2018 Nov 1;10(11):2919-2930. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy233.
First evidence of association between past environmental exposure to dioxin and DNA methylation of CYP1A1 and IGF2 genes in present day Vietnamese population. Giuliani C, Biggs D, Nguyen TT, Marasco E, De Fanti S, Garagnani P, Le Phan MT, Nguyen VN, Luiselli D, Romeo G. Environ Pollut. 2018 Nov;242(Pt A):976-985. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.015.
Inflammaging: a new immune-metabolic viewpoint for age-related diseases. Franceschi C, Garagnani P, Parini P, Giuliani C, Santoro A. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2018 Oct;14(10):576-590. doi: 10.1038/s41574-018-0059-4. Review.
Genetics of Human Longevity Within an Eco-Evolutionary Nature-Nurture Framework. Giuliani C, Garagnani P, Franceschi C.Circ Res. 2018 Sep 14;123(7):745-772. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.312562.
Impact of demography and population dynamics on the genetic architecture of human longevity. Giuliani C, Sazzini M, Pirazzini C, Bacalini MG, Marasco E, Ruscone GAG, Fang F, Sarno S, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Crocco P, Passarino G, Mari D, Monti D, Nacmias B, Sorbi S, Salvarani C, Catanoso M, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Ukraintseva S, Yashin A, Franceschi C, Garagnani P. Aging (Albany NY). 2018 Aug 8;10(8):1947-1963. doi: 10.18632/aging.101515.
Impact of non-LTR retrotransposons in the differentiation and evolution of anatomically modern humans. Guichard E, Peona V, Malagoli Tagliazucchi G, Abitante L, Jagoda E, Musella M, Ricci M, Rubio-Roldán A, Sarno S, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Taccioli C, Pagani L, Garcia-Perez JL, Boattini A. Mob DNA. 2018 Aug 15;9:28. doi: 10.1186/s13100-018-0133-4. eCollection 2018.
Transposable Elements Activity is Positively Related to Rate of Speciation in Mammals. Ricci M, Peona V, Guichard E, Taccioli C, Boattini A.J Mol Evol. 2018 Jun;86(5):303-310. doi: 10.1007/s00239-018-9847-7.
Pharmacogenetic landscape of Metabolic Syndrome components drug response in Tunisia and comparison with worldwide populations. Jmel H, Romdhane L, Ben Halima Y, Hechmi M, Naouali C, Dallali H, Hamdi Y, Shan J, Abid A, Jamoussi H, Trabelsi S, Chouchane L, Luiselli D, Abdelhak S, Kefi R. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 13;13(4):e0194842. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194842. eCollection 2018.
Male DNA under female fingernails after scratching: transfer and persistence evaluation by RT-PCR analysis and Y-STR typing. Iuvaro A, Bini C, Dilloo S, Sarno S, Pelotti S.Int J Legal Med. 2018 Apr 17. doi: 10.1007/s00414-018-1839-z.
Genetic variability of CYP2D6, CYP2B6, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 genes across the Italian Peninsula. Carano F, Sarno S, De Fanti S, Serventi P, Bini C, Luiselli D, Pelotti S. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Feb;45(1):66-71. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1378368.
Ripples on the surface. Surnames and genes in Sicily and Southern Italy. Boattini A, Sarno S, Fiorani O, Lisa A, Luiselli D, Pettener D. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Feb;45(1):57-65. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1411525.
Iron Age Italic population genetics: the Piceni from Novilara (8th-7th century BC). Serventi P, Panicucci C, Bodega R, De Fanti S, Sarno S, Fondevila Alvarez M, Brisighelli F, Trombetta B, Anagnostou P, Ferri G, Vazzana A, Delpino C, Gruppioni G, Luiselli D, Cilli E. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Feb;45(1):34-43. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1414876.
Three Reportedly Unrelated Families With Liddle Syndrome Inherited From a Common Ancestor. Pagani L, Diekmann Y, Sazzini M, De Fanti S, Rondinelli M, Farnetti E, Casali B, Caretto A, Novara F, Zuffardi O, Garagnani P, Mantero F, Thomas MG, Luiselli D, Rossi E. Hypertension. 2018 Feb;71(2):273-279. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10491.
Human population genetics of the Mediterranean. Comas D, Luiselli D, Rickards O. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Feb;45(1):1-4. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1416909.
2017
The genomic landscape of Nepalese Tibeto-Burmans reveals new insights into the recent peopling of Southern Himalayas. Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Jeong C, De Fanti S, Sarno S, Trancucci M, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Sherpa MG, Sherpa PT, Marinelli G, Di Marcello M, Natali L, Peluzzi D, Pettener D, Di Rienzo A, Luiselli D, Sazzini M. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 14;7(1):15512. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15862-z.
The genetic variation in the R1a clade among the Ashkenazi Levites' Y chromosome. Behar DM, Saag L, Karmin M, Gover MG, Wexler JD, Sanchez LF, Greenspan E, Kushniarevich A, Davydenko O, Sahakyan H, Yepiskoposyan L, Boattini A, Sarno S, Pagani L, Carmi S, Tzur S, Metspalu E, Bormans C, Skorecki K, Metspalu M, Rootsi S, Villems R. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 2;7(1):14969. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14761-7.
Reply to d'Huy et al.: Navigating biases and charting new ground in the cultural diffusion of folktales. Bortolini E, Pagani L, Crema ER, Sarno S, Barbieri C, Boattini A, Sazzini M, da Silva SG, Martini G, Metspalu M, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Tehrani JJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Oct 10;114(41):E8556. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715139114.
Lactase persistence in Tunisia as a result of admixture with other Mediterranean populations. Ben Halima Y, Kefi R, Sazzini M, Giuliani C, De Fanti S, Nouali C, Nagara M, Mengozzi G, Elouej S, Abid A, Jamoussi H, Chouchane L, Romeo G, Abdelhak S, Luiselli D. Genes Nutr. 2017 Aug 24;12:20. doi: 10.1186/s12263-017-0573-3.
Inferring patterns of folktale diffusion using genomic data. Bortolini E, Pagani L, Crema ER, Sarno S, Barbieri C, Boattini A, Sazzini M, da Silva SG, Martini G, Metspalu M, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Tehrani JJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Aug 22;114(34):9140-9145. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1614395114.
Multiple selective events at the PRDM16 functional pathway shaped adaptation of western European populations to different climate conditions. Quagliarello A, De Fanti S, Giuliani C, Abondio P, Serventi P, Sarno S, Sazzini M, Luiselli D. J Anthropol Sci. 2017 Jul 10. doi: 10.4436/JASS.95011. [Epub ahead of print].
Ancient and recent admixture layers in Sicily and Southern Italy trace multiple migration routes along the Mediterranean. Sarno S, Boattini A, Pagani L, Sazzini M, De Fanti S, Quagliariello A, Gnecchi Ruscone GA, Guichard E, Ciani G, Bortolini E, Barbieri C, Cilli E, Petrilli R, Mikerezi I, Sineo L, Vilar M, Wells S, Luiselli D, Pettener D. Sci Rep. 2017 May 16;7(1):1984. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01802-4.
A bio-cultural approach to the study of food choice: The contribution of taste genetics, population and culture. Risso DS, Giuliani C, Antinucci M, Morini G, Garagnani P, Tofanelli S, Luiselli D. Appetite. 2017 Mar 31;114:240-247. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.03.046. [Epub ahead of print].
A Genome-Wide Association Study of 2304 Extreme Longevity Cases Identifies Novel Longevity Variants. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 21;24(1):116. doi: 10.3390/ijms24010116.
A Targeted Epigenetic Clock for the Prediction of Biological Age. Cells. 2022 Dec 14;11(24):4044. doi: 10.3390/cells11244044.
Evolutionary Implications of Environmental Toxicant Exposure. Biomedicines. 2022 Dec 1;10(12):3090. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10123090.
From the Alps to the Mediterranean and beyond: genetics, environment, culture and the "impossible beauty" of Italy. Anagnostou P, Montinaro F, Sazzini M, Di Vincenzo F, Destro Bisol G.J Anthropol Sci. 2022 Dec 30;100:267-294. doi: 10.4436/JASS.10010.
The coevolution between APOBEC3 and retrotransposons in primates. Mob DNA. 2022 Nov 29;13(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s13100-022-00283-1.
Altitude-Induced Sleep Apnea Is Highly Dependent on Ethnic Background (Sherpa Vs. Tamang). Heiniger G, Walbaum S, Sartori C, Lovis A, Sazzini M, Wellman A, Heinzer R.High Alt Med Biol. 2022 Jun;23(2):165-172. doi: 10.1089/ham.2022.0012.
Helena's Many Daughters: More Mitogenome Diversity behind the Most Common West Eurasian mtDNA Control Region Haplotype in an Extended Italian Population Sample. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jun 16;23(12):6725. doi: 10.3390/ijms23126725.
Association of rs3027178 polymorphism in the circadian clock gene PER1 with susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease and longevity in an Italian population. Geroscience. 2022 Apr;44(2):881-896. doi: 10.1007/s11357-021-00477-0. Epub 2021 Dec 18.
C5 and SRGAP3 Polymorphisms Are Linked to Paediatric Allergic Asthma in the Italian Population. Genes (Basel). 2022 Jan 25;13(2):214. doi: 10.3390/genes13020214.
Dietary, Cultural, and Pathogens-Related Selective Pressures Shaped Differential Adaptive Evolution among Native Mexican Populations. Ojeda-Granados C, Abondio P, Setti A, Sarno S, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, González-Orozco E, De Fanti S, Jiménez-Kaufmann A, Rangel-Villalobos H, Moreno-Estrada A, Sazzini M. Mol Biol Evol. 2022 Jan 7;39(1):msab290. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab290.
2021
Genomic Analysis of 18th-Century Kazakh Individuals and Their Oral Microbiome. Biology (Basel). 2021 Dec 14;10(12):1324. doi: 10.3390/biology10121324.
DLX5/6 GABAergic Expression Affects Social Vocalization: Implications for Human Evolution. Mol Biol Evol. 2021 Oct 27;38(11):4748-4764. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab181.
Amyloid Precursor Protein A713T Mutation in Calabrian Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: A Population Genomics Approach to Estimate Inheritance from a Common Ancestor. Biomedicines. 2021 Dec 23;10(1):20. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10010020.
Twenty-Seven Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats Analysis of Italian Mummies of the 16th and 18th Centuries: An Interdisciplinary Research. Front Genet. 2021 Sep 30;12:720640. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.720640. eCollection 2021.
Uniparental Lineages from the Oldest Indigenous Population of Ecuador: The Tsachilas. Genes (Basel). 2021 Aug 20;12(8):1273. doi: 10.3390/genes12081273.
Y-chromosome variability and genetic history of Commons from Northern Italy. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2021 May 10. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24302. Online ahead of print.
Detecting Variants in the NBN Gene While Testing for Hereditary Breast Cancer: What to Do Next? Int J Mol Sci. 2021 May 29;22(11):5832. doi: 10.3390/ijms22115832.
The surname structure of Trentino (Italy) and its relationship with dialects and genes. Ann Hum Biol. 2021 May;48(3):260-269. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1936635.
Insights into Punic genetic signatures in the southern necropolis of Tharros (Sardinia). Ann Hum Biol. 2021 May;48(3):247-259. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1937699.
Whole-genome sequencing analysis of semi-supercentenarians. Elife. 2021 May 4;10:e57849. doi: 10.7554/eLife.57849.
First Bronze Age Human Mitogenomes from Calabria (Grotta Della Monaca, Southern Italy). Genes (Basel). 2021 Apr 25;12(5):636. doi: 10.3390/genes12050636.
Genetic history of Calabrian Greeks reveals ancient events and long term isolation in the Aspromonte area of Southern Italy. Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 4;11(1):3045. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82591-9.First Bronze Age Human Mitogenomes from Calabria (Grotta Della Monaca, Southern Italy). Genes (Basel). 2021 Apr 25;12(5):636. doi: 10.3390/genes12050636.
Analysis of human mitochondrial genome co-occurrence networks of Asian population at varying altitudes. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 8;11(1):133. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80271-8.
2020
Investigating Mitonuclear Genetic Interactions Through Machine Learning: A Case Study on Cold Adaptation Genes in Human Populations From Different European Climate Regions. Front Physiol. 2020 Nov 11;11:575968. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.575968. eCollection 2020.
Haplotype data and forensic evaluation of 23 Y-STR and 12 X-STR loci in eight ethnic groups from Eritrea. Int J Legal Med. 2021 Mar;135(2):449-453. doi: 10.1007/s00414-020-02446-2. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
Genomic adaptations to cereal-based diets contribute to mitigate metabolic risk in some human populations of East Asian ancestry. Landini A, Yu S, Gnecchi‐Ruscone GA, Abondio P, Ojeda‐Granados C, Sarno S, De Fanti S, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Jin H, Nguyen TT, Romeo G, Prata C, Bortolini E, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Sazzini M. Evol Appl. 2020 Sep 8;14(2):297-313. doi: 10.1111/eva.13090. eCollection 2021 Feb.
Ecological Sensing Through Taste and Chemosensation Mediates Inflammation: A Biological Anthropological Approach. Giuliani C, Franceschi C, Luiselli D, Garagnani P, Ulijaszek S. Adv Nutr. 2020 Jul 10:nmaa078. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmaa078. Online ahead of print.
Genomic history of the Italian population recapitulates key evolutionary dynamics of both Continental and Southern Europeans. Sazzini M, Abondio P, Sarno S, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Ragno M, Giuliani C, De Fanti S, Ojeda-Granados C, Boattini A, Marquis J, Valsesia A, Carayol J, Raymond F, Pirazzini C, Marasco E, Ferrarini A, Xumerle L, Collino S, Mari D, Arosio B, Monti D, Passarino G, D'Aquila P, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Castellani G, Delledonne M, Descombes P, Franceschi C, Garagnani P. BMC Biol. 2020 May 22;18(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00778-4.
The Contextualized Genetics of Human Longevity: JACC Focus Seminar. Franceschi C, Garagnani P, Olivieri F, Salvioli S, Giuliani C. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Mar 3;75(8):968-979. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.12.032.
Genetic Theories of Aging. In Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Giuliani C, Garagnani P, Franceschi C. Edited by Danan Gu and Matthew E. Dupre, Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2020; 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_731-1.
2019
Grasping the genetic determinants of human adaptations: the "Kings of the Mountains" (Sherpa) case study. Sazzini M. J Anthropol Sci. 2019 Dec 31;96:1-7. doi: 10.4436/JASS.97011. Epub 2019 Dec 20.
Gut microbiota composition in Himalayan and Andean populations and its relationship with diet, lifestyle and adaptation to the high-altitude environment. Quagliariello A, Di Paola M, De Fanti S, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Martinez-Priego L, Pérez-Villaroya D, Sherpa MG, Sherpa PT, Marinelli G, Natali L, Di Marcello M, Peluzzi D, Di Cosimo P, D'Auria G, Pettener D, Sazzini M, Luiselli D, De Filippo C. J Anthropol Sci. 2019 Dec 31;96:189-208. doi: 10.4436/JASS.97007. Epub 2019 Nov 25.
The Genomic Impact of European Colonization of the Americas. Ongaro L, Scliar MO, Flores R, Raveane A, Marnetto D, Sarno S, Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Patin E, Wangkumhang P, Hellenthal G, Gonzalez-Santos M, King RJ, Kouvatsi A, Balanovsky O, Balanovska E, Atramentova L, Turdikulova S, Mastana S, Marjanovic D, Mulahasanovic L, Leskovac A, Lima-Costa MF, Pereira AC, Barreto ML, Horta BL, Mabunda N, May CA, Moreno-Estrada A, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Semino O, Tambets K, Kivisild T, Luiselli D, Torroni A, Capelli C, Tarazona-Santos E, Metspalu M, Pagani L, Montinaro F. Curr Biol. 2019 Dec 2;29(23):3974-3986.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.076. Epub 2019 Nov 14.
The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia. Narasimhan VM, Patterson N, Moorjani P, Rohland N, Bernardos R, Mallick S, Lazaridis I, Nakatsuka N, Olalde I, Lipson M, Kim AM, Olivieri LM, Coppa A, Vidale M, Mallory J, Moiseyev V, Kitov E, Monge J, Adamski N, Alex N, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Candilio F, Callan K, Cheronet O, Culleton BJ, Ferry M, Fernandes D, Freilich S, Gamarra B, Gaudio D, Hajdinjak M, Harney É, Harper TK, Keating D, Lawson AM, Mah M, Mandl K, Michel M, Novak M, Oppenheimer J, Rai N, Sirak K, Slon V, Stewardson K, Zalzala F, Zhang Z, Akhatov G, Bagashev AN, Bagnera A, Baitanayev B, Bendezu-Sarmiento J, Bissembaev AA, Bonora GL, Chargynov TT, Chikisheva T, Dashkovskiy PK, Derevianko A, Dobeš M, Douka K, Dubova N, Duisengali MN, Enshin D, Epimakhov A, Fribus AV, Fuller D, Goryachev A, Gromov A, Grushin SP, Hanks B, Judd M, Kazizov E, Khokhlov A, Krygin AP, Kupriyanova E, Kuznetsov P, Luiselli D, Maksudov F, Mamedov AM, Mamirov TB, Meiklejohn C, Merrett DC, Micheli R, Mochalov O, Mustafokulov S, Nayak A, Pettener D, Potts R, Razhev D, Rykun M, Sarno S, Savenkova TM, Sikhymbaeva K, Slepchenko SM, Soltobaev OA, Stepanova N, Svyatko S, Tabaldiev K, Teschler-Nicola M, Tishkin AA, Tkachev VV, Vasilyev S, Velemínský P, Voyakin D, Yermolayeva A, Zahir M, Zubkov VS, Zubova A, Shinde VS, Lalueza-Fox C, Meyer M, Anthony D, Boivin N, Thangaraj K, Kennett DJ, Frachetti M, Pinhasi R, Reich D. Science. 2019 Sep 6;365(6457). pii: eaat7487. doi: 10.1126/science.aat7487.
A Historical-Genetic Reconstruction of Human Extra-Pair Paternity. Larmuseau MHD, van den Berg P, Claerhout S, Calafell F, Boattini A, Gruyters L, Vandenbosch M, Nivelle K, Decorte R, Wenseleers T. Curr Biol. 2019 Dec 2;29(23):4102-4107.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.075.
Inter-individual genomic heterogeneity within European population isolates. Anagnostou P, Dominici V, Battaggia C, Lisi A, Sarno S, Boattini A, Calò C, Francalacci P, Vona G, Tofanelli S, Vilar MG, Colonna V, Pagani L, Destro Bisol G. PLoS One. 2019 Oct 9;14(10):e0214564. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214564. eCollection 2019.
Estimating Y-Str Mutation Rates and Tmrca Through Deep-Rooting Italian Pedigrees. Boattini A, Sarno S, Mazzarisi AM, Viroli C, De Fanti S, Bini C, Larmuseau MHD, Pelotti S, Luiselli D. Sci Rep. 2019 Jun 21;9(1):9032. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45398-3.
Dissecting the Pre-Columbian genomic ancestry of Native Americans along the Andes-Amazonia divide. Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Sarno S, De Fanti S, Gianvincenzo L, Giuliani C, Boattini A, Bortolini E, Di Corcia T, Sanchez Mellado C, Dàvila Francia TJ, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Di Cosimo P, Cilli E, Gonzalez-Martin A, Franceschi C, Franceschi ZA, Rickards O, Sazzini M, Luiselli D, Pettener D. Mol Biol Evol. 2019 Jun 1;36(6):1254-1269. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz066.
Ancient human mitochondrial genomes from Bronze Age Bulgaria: new insights into the genetic history of Thracians. Modi A, Nesheva D, Sarno S, Vai S, Karachanak-Yankova S, Luiselli D, Pilli E, Lari M, Vergata C, Yordanov Y, Dimitrova D, Kalcev P, Staneva R, Antonova O, Hadjidekova S, Galabov A, Toncheva D, Caramelli D. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 1;9(1):5412. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41945-0.
The Genetic Variability of APOE in Different Human Populations and Its Implications for Longevity. Abondio P, Sazzini M, Garagnani P, Boattini A, Monti D, Franceschi C, Luiselli D, Giuliani C. Genes (Basel). 2019 Mar 15;10(3). pii: E222. doi: 10.3390/genes10030222. Review.
Ancestral mitochondrial N lineage from the Neolithic 'green' Sahara. Vai S, Sarno S, Lari M, Luiselli D, Manzi G, Gallinaro M, Mataich S, Hübner A, Modi A, Pilli E, Tafuri MA, Caramelli D, di Lernia S. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 5;9(1):3530. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39802-1.
An African-specific haplotype in MRGPRX4 is associated with menthol cigarette smoking. Kozlitina J, Risso D, Lansu K, Olsen RHJ, Sainz E, Luiselli D, Barik A, Frigerio-Domingues C, Pagani L, Wooding S, Kirchner T, Niaura R, Roth B, Drayna D. PLoS Genet. 2019 Feb 15;15(2):e1007916. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007916. eCollection 2019 Feb.
Response of high-risk MDS to azacitidine and lenalidomide is impacted by baseline and acquired mutations in a cluster of three inositide-specific genes. Follo MY, Pellagatti A, Armstrong RN, Ratti S, Mongiorgi S, De Fanti S, Bochicchio MT, Russo D, Gobbi M, Miglino M, Parisi S, Martinelli G, Cavo M, Luiselli D, McCubrey JA, Suh PG, Manzoli L, Boultwood J, Finelli C, Cocco L. Leukemia. 2019 Feb 20. doi: 10.1038/s41375-019-0416-x. [Epub ahead of print]
The genetic legacy of the Yaghnobis: A witness of an ancient Eurasian ancestry in the historically reshuffled central Asian gene pool. Cilli E, Sarno S, Gnecchi Ruscone GA, Serventi P, De Fanti S, Delaini P, Ognibene P, Basello GP, Ravegnini G, Angelini S, Ferri G, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Pelotti S, Pettener D, Sazzini M, Panaino A, Luiselli D, Gruppioni G. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2019 Jan 29. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23789. [Epub ahead of print]
A Combined Targeted and Whole Exome Sequencing Approach Identified Novel Candidate Genes Involved in Heritable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Barozzi C, Galletti M, Tomasi L, De Fanti S, Palazzini M, Manes A, Sazzini M, Galiè N. Sci Rep. 2019 Jan 24;9(1):753. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37277-0.
Aneuploid acute myeloid leukemia exhibits a signature of genomic alterations in the cell cycle and protein degradation machinery. Simonetti G, Padella A, do Valle IF, Fontana MC, Fonzi E, Bruno S, Baldazzi C, Guadagnuolo V, Manfrini M, Ferrari A, Paolini S, Papayannidis C, Marconi G, Franchini E, Zuffa E, Laginestra MA, Zanotti F, Astolfi A, Iacobucci I, Bernardi S, Sazzini M, Ficarra E, Hernandez JM, Vandenberghe P, Cools J, Bullinger L, Ottaviani E, Testoni N, Cavo M, Haferlach T, Castellani G, Remondini D, Martinelli G. Cancer. 2019 Mar 1;125(5):712-725. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31837.
2018
Evidence of polygenic adaptation to high altitude from Tibetan and Sherpa genomes. Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Abondio P, De Fanti S, Sarno S, Sherpa MG, Sherpa PT, Marinelli G, Natali L, Di Marcello M, Peluzzi D, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Sazzini M. Genome Biol Evol. 2018 Nov 1;10(11):2919-2930. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy233.
First evidence of association between past environmental exposure to dioxin and DNA methylation of CYP1A1 and IGF2 genes in present day Vietnamese population. Giuliani C, Biggs D, Nguyen TT, Marasco E, De Fanti S, Garagnani P, Le Phan MT, Nguyen VN, Luiselli D, Romeo G. Environ Pollut. 2018 Nov;242(Pt A):976-985. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.015.
Inflammaging: a new immune-metabolic viewpoint for age-related diseases. Franceschi C, Garagnani P, Parini P, Giuliani C, Santoro A. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2018 Oct;14(10):576-590. doi: 10.1038/s41574-018-0059-4. Review.
Genetics of Human Longevity Within an Eco-Evolutionary Nature-Nurture Framework. Giuliani C, Garagnani P, Franceschi C.Circ Res. 2018 Sep 14;123(7):745-772. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.312562.
Impact of demography and population dynamics on the genetic architecture of human longevity. Giuliani C, Sazzini M, Pirazzini C, Bacalini MG, Marasco E, Ruscone GAG, Fang F, Sarno S, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Crocco P, Passarino G, Mari D, Monti D, Nacmias B, Sorbi S, Salvarani C, Catanoso M, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Ukraintseva S, Yashin A, Franceschi C, Garagnani P. Aging (Albany NY). 2018 Aug 8;10(8):1947-1963. doi: 10.18632/aging.101515.
Impact of non-LTR retrotransposons in the differentiation and evolution of anatomically modern humans. Guichard E, Peona V, Malagoli Tagliazucchi G, Abitante L, Jagoda E, Musella M, Ricci M, Rubio-Roldán A, Sarno S, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Taccioli C, Pagani L, Garcia-Perez JL, Boattini A. Mob DNA. 2018 Aug 15;9:28. doi: 10.1186/s13100-018-0133-4. eCollection 2018.
Transposable Elements Activity is Positively Related to Rate of Speciation in Mammals. Ricci M, Peona V, Guichard E, Taccioli C, Boattini A.J Mol Evol. 2018 Jun;86(5):303-310. doi: 10.1007/s00239-018-9847-7.
Pharmacogenetic landscape of Metabolic Syndrome components drug response in Tunisia and comparison with worldwide populations. Jmel H, Romdhane L, Ben Halima Y, Hechmi M, Naouali C, Dallali H, Hamdi Y, Shan J, Abid A, Jamoussi H, Trabelsi S, Chouchane L, Luiselli D, Abdelhak S, Kefi R. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 13;13(4):e0194842. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194842. eCollection 2018.
Male DNA under female fingernails after scratching: transfer and persistence evaluation by RT-PCR analysis and Y-STR typing. Iuvaro A, Bini C, Dilloo S, Sarno S, Pelotti S.Int J Legal Med. 2018 Apr 17. doi: 10.1007/s00414-018-1839-z.
Genetic variability of CYP2D6, CYP2B6, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 genes across the Italian Peninsula. Carano F, Sarno S, De Fanti S, Serventi P, Bini C, Luiselli D, Pelotti S. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Feb;45(1):66-71. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1378368.
Ripples on the surface. Surnames and genes in Sicily and Southern Italy. Boattini A, Sarno S, Fiorani O, Lisa A, Luiselli D, Pettener D. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Feb;45(1):57-65. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1411525.
Iron Age Italic population genetics: the Piceni from Novilara (8th-7th century BC). Serventi P, Panicucci C, Bodega R, De Fanti S, Sarno S, Fondevila Alvarez M, Brisighelli F, Trombetta B, Anagnostou P, Ferri G, Vazzana A, Delpino C, Gruppioni G, Luiselli D, Cilli E. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Feb;45(1):34-43. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1414876.
Three Reportedly Unrelated Families With Liddle Syndrome Inherited From a Common Ancestor. Pagani L, Diekmann Y, Sazzini M, De Fanti S, Rondinelli M, Farnetti E, Casali B, Caretto A, Novara F, Zuffardi O, Garagnani P, Mantero F, Thomas MG, Luiselli D, Rossi E. Hypertension. 2018 Feb;71(2):273-279. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10491.
Human population genetics of the Mediterranean. Comas D, Luiselli D, Rickards O. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Feb;45(1):1-4. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1416909.
2017
The genomic landscape of Nepalese Tibeto-Burmans reveals new insights into the recent peopling of Southern Himalayas. Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Jeong C, De Fanti S, Sarno S, Trancucci M, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Sherpa MG, Sherpa PT, Marinelli G, Di Marcello M, Natali L, Peluzzi D, Pettener D, Di Rienzo A, Luiselli D, Sazzini M. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 14;7(1):15512. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15862-z.
The genetic variation in the R1a clade among the Ashkenazi Levites' Y chromosome. Behar DM, Saag L, Karmin M, Gover MG, Wexler JD, Sanchez LF, Greenspan E, Kushniarevich A, Davydenko O, Sahakyan H, Yepiskoposyan L, Boattini A, Sarno S, Pagani L, Carmi S, Tzur S, Metspalu E, Bormans C, Skorecki K, Metspalu M, Rootsi S, Villems R. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 2;7(1):14969. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14761-7.
Reply to d'Huy et al.: Navigating biases and charting new ground in the cultural diffusion of folktales. Bortolini E, Pagani L, Crema ER, Sarno S, Barbieri C, Boattini A, Sazzini M, da Silva SG, Martini G, Metspalu M, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Tehrani JJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Oct 10;114(41):E8556. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715139114.
Lactase persistence in Tunisia as a result of admixture with other Mediterranean populations. Ben Halima Y, Kefi R, Sazzini M, Giuliani C, De Fanti S, Nouali C, Nagara M, Mengozzi G, Elouej S, Abid A, Jamoussi H, Chouchane L, Romeo G, Abdelhak S, Luiselli D. Genes Nutr. 2017 Aug 24;12:20. doi: 10.1186/s12263-017-0573-3.
Inferring patterns of folktale diffusion using genomic data. Bortolini E, Pagani L, Crema ER, Sarno S, Barbieri C, Boattini A, Sazzini M, da Silva SG, Martini G, Metspalu M, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Tehrani JJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Aug 22;114(34):9140-9145. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1614395114.
Multiple selective events at the PRDM16 functional pathway shaped adaptation of western European populations to different climate conditions. Quagliarello A, De Fanti S, Giuliani C, Abondio P, Serventi P, Sarno S, Sazzini M, Luiselli D. J Anthropol Sci. 2017 Jul 10. doi: 10.4436/JASS.95011. [Epub ahead of print].
Ancient and recent admixture layers in Sicily and Southern Italy trace multiple migration routes along the Mediterranean. Sarno S, Boattini A, Pagani L, Sazzini M, De Fanti S, Quagliariello A, Gnecchi Ruscone GA, Guichard E, Ciani G, Bortolini E, Barbieri C, Cilli E, Petrilli R, Mikerezi I, Sineo L, Vilar M, Wells S, Luiselli D, Pettener D. Sci Rep. 2017 May 16;7(1):1984. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01802-4.
A bio-cultural approach to the study of food choice: The contribution of taste genetics, population and culture. Risso DS, Giuliani C, Antinucci M, Morini G, Garagnani P, Tofanelli S, Luiselli D. Appetite. 2017 Mar 31;114:240-247. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.03.046. [Epub ahead of print].
East of the Andes: The genetic profile of the Peruvian Amazon populations. Di Corcia T, Sanchez Mellado C, Davila Francia TJ, Ferri G, Sarno S, Luiselli D, Rickards O. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2017 Mar 25. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23209. [Epub ahead of print].
Intra-individual purifying selection on mitochondrial DNA variants during human oogenesis. De Fanti S, Vicario S, Lang M, Simone D, Magli C, Luiselli D, Gianaroli L, Romeo G. Hum Reprod. 2017 Mar 9:1-8. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dex051. [Epub ahead of print].
Assessing the combined effect of extremely low-frequency magnetic field exposure and oxidative stress on LINE-1 promoter methylation in human neural cells. Giorgi G, Pirazzini C, Bacalini MG, Giuliani C, Garagnani P, Capri M, Bersani F, Del Re B. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2017 Mar 3. doi: 10.1007/s00411-017-0683-8. [Epub ahead of print].
Centenarians as extreme phenotypes: An ecological perspective to get insight into the relationship between the genetics of longevity and age-associated diseases. Giuliani C, Pirazzini C, Delledonne M, Xumerle L, Descombes P, Marquis J, Mengozzi G, Monti D, Bellizzi D, Passarino G, Luiselli D, Franceschi C, Garagnani P. Mech Ageing Dev. 2017 Feb 27. pii: S0047-6374(16)30250-0. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2017.02.007. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
A novel founder MYO15A frameshift duplication is the major cause of genetic hearing loss in Oman. Palombo F, Al-Wardy N, Ruscone GA, Oppo M, Kindi MN, Angius A, Al Lamki K, Girotto G, Giangregorio T, Benelli M, Magi A, Seri M, Gasparini P, Cucca F, Sazzini M, Al Khabori M, Pippucci T, Romeo G. J Hum Genet. 2017 Feb;62(2):259-264. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2016.120.
Overcoming the dichotomy between open and isolated populations using genomic data from a large European dataset. Anagnostou P, Dominici V, Battaggia C, Pagani L, Vilar M, Wells RS, Pettener D, Sarno S, Boattini A, Francalacci P, Colonna V, Vona G, Calò C, Destro Bisol G, Tofanelli S. Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 1;7:41614. doi: 10.1038/srep41614.
Mapping Post-Glacial expansions: The Peopling of Southwest Asia. Platt DE, Haber M, Dagher-Kharrat MB, Douaihy B, Khazen G, Ashrafian Bonab M, Salloum A, Mouzaya F, Luiselli D, Tyler-Smith C, Renfrew C, Matisoo-Smith E, Zalloua PA. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 6;7:40338. doi: 10.1038/srep40338.
Changes in the genetic structure of a valley in the Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain). Toledo A, Pámpanas L, García D, Pettener D, González-Martin A. J Biosoc Sci. 2017 Jan;49(1):69-82.
2016
Positive selection of lactase persistence among people of Southern Arabia. Bayoumi R, De Fanti S, Sazzini M, Giuliani C, Quagliariello A, Bortolini E, Boattini A, Al-Habori M, Al-Zubairi AS, Rose JI, Romeo G, Al-Abri A, Luiselli D. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2016 Dec;161(4):676-684. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23072.
Massive parallel sequencing of human whole mitochondrial genomes with Ion Torrent technology: an optimized workflow for Anthropological and Population Genetics studies. De Fanti S, Vianello D, Giuliani C, Quagliariello A, Cherubini A, Sevini F, Iaquilano N, Franceschi C, Sazzini M, Luiselli D. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 Nov 8:1-8. doi: 10.1080/24701394.2016.1197218. [Epub ahead of print].
Mutation Rates and Discriminating Power for 13 Rapidly-Mutating Y-STRs between Related and Unrelated Individuals. Boattini A, Sarno S, Bini C, Pesci V, Barbieri C, De Fanti S, Quagliariello A, Pagani L, Ayub Q, Ferri G, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Pelotti S. PLoS One. 2016 Nov 1;11(11):e0165678. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165678.
Effect of Bifidobacterium breve on the Intestinal Microbiota of Coeliac Children on a Gluten Free Diet: A Pilot Study. Quagliariello A, Aloisio I, Bozzi Cionci N, Luiselli D, D'Auria G, Martinez-Priego L, Pérez-Villarroya D, Langerholc T, Primec M, Mičetić-Turk D, Di Gioia D. Nutrients. 2016 Oct 22;8(10). pii: E660.
Genetic Variation in the TAS2R38 Bitter Taste Receptor and Smoking Behaviors. Risso DS, Kozlitina J, Sainz E, Gutierrez J, Wooding S, Getachew B, Luiselli D, Berg CJ, Drayna D. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 6;11(10):e0164157. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164157.
Systemic Age-Associated DNA Hypermethylation of ELOVL2 Gene: In Vivo and In Vitro Evidences of a Cell Replication Process. Bacalini MG, Deelen J, Pirazzini C, De Cecco M, Giuliani C, Lanzarini C, Ravaioli F, Marasco E, van Heemst D, Suchiman HE, Slieker R, Giampieri E, Recchioni R, Mercheselli F, Salvioli S, Vitale G, Olivieri F, Spijkerman AM, Dollé ME, Sedivy JM, Castellani G, Franceschi C, Slagboom PE, Garagnani P. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2016 Sep 26. pii: glw185. [Epub ahead of print].
Epigenetic Variability across Human Populations: A Focus on DNA Methylation Profiles of the KRTCAP3, MAD1L1 and BRSK2 Genes. Giuliani C, Sazzini M, Bacalini MG, Pirazzini C, Marasco E, Fontanesi E, Franceschi C, Luiselli D, Garagnani P. Genome Biol Evol. 2016 Sep 19;8(9):2760-73. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evw186.
Complex interplay between neutral and adaptive evolution shaped differential genomic background and disease susceptibility along the Italian peninsula. Sazzini M, Gnecchi Ruscone GA, Giuliani C, Sarno S, Quagliariello A, De Fanti S, Boattini A, Gentilini D, Fiorito G, Catanoso M, Boiardi L, Croci S, Macchioni P, Mantovani V, Di Blasio AM, Matullo G, Salvarani C, Franceschi C, Pettener D, Garagnani P, Luiselli D. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 1;6:32513. doi: 10.1038/srep32513.
Formal linguistics as a cue to demographic history. Longobardi G, Ceolin A, Ecay A, Ghirotto S, Guardiano C, Irimia MA, Michelioudakis D, Radkevich N, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Barbujani G. J Anthropol Sci. 2016 Jun 20;94:147-55. doi: 10.4436/JASS.94031.
Evaluation of the effects of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis on newborn intestinal microbiota using a sequencing approach targeted to multi hypervariable 16S rDNA regions. Aloisio I, Quagliariello A, De Fanti S, Luiselli D, De Filippo C, Albanese D, Corvaglia LT, Faldella G, Di Gioia D. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2016 Jun;100(12):5537-46. doi: 10.1007/s00253-016-7410-2.
Ancient pathogen-driven adaptation triggers increased susceptibility to non-celiac wheat sensitivity in present-day European populations. Sazzini M, De Fanti S, Cherubini A, Quagliariello A, Profiti G, Martelli PL, Casadio R, Ricci C, Campieri M, Lanzini A, Volta U, Caio G, Franceschi C, Spisni E, Luiselli D. Genes Nutr. 2016 May 23;11:15. doi: 10.1186/s12263-016-0532-4.
Il ruolo degli alimenti di origine animale nell'evoluzione umana. Luiselli D, Sazzini M, Giuliani C. In “Alimenti di origine animale e salute” Mele M and Pulina G (Eds.). 2016; pp. 43-54, Ed. FrancoAngeli, Milano, Italy.
Global diversity in the TAS2R38 bitter taste receptor: revisiting a classic evolutionary PROPosal. Risso DS, Mezzavilla M, Pagani L, Robino A, Morini G, Tofanelli S, Carrai M, Campa D, Barale R, Caradonna F, Gasparini P, Luiselli D, Wooding S, Drayna D. Sci Rep. 2016 May 3;6:25506. doi: 10.1038/srep25506.
Shared language, diverging genetic histories: high-resolution analysis of Y-chromosome variability in Calabrian and Sicilian Arbereshe. Sarno S, Tofanelli S, De Fanti S, Quagliariello A, Bortolini E, Ferri G, Anagnostou P, Brisighelli F, Capelli C, Tagarelli G, Sineo L, Luiselli D, Boattini A, Pettener D. Eur J Hum Genet. 2016 Apr;24(4):600-6. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.138.
Inferring chronological age from DNA methylation patterns of human teeth. Giuliani C, Cilli E, Bacalini MG, Pirazzini C, Sazzini M, Gruppioni G, Franceschi C, Garagnani P, Luiselli D. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2016 Apr;159(4):585-95. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22921.
The Greeks in the West: genetic signatures of the Hellenic colonisation in southern Italy and Sicily. Tofanelli S, Brisighelli F, Anagnostou P, Busby GB, Ferri G, Thomas MG, Taglioli L, Rudan I, Zemunik T, Hayward C, Bolnick D, Romano V, Cali F, Luiselli D, Shepherd GB, Tusa S, Facella A, Capelli C. Eur J Hum Genet. 2016 Mar;24(3):429-36. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.124.
2015
Genes Regulated by Vitamin D in Bone Cells Are Positively Selected in East Asians. Arciero E, Biagini SA, Chen Y, Xue Y, Luiselli D, Tyler-Smith C, Pagani L, Ayub Q. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 31;10(12):e0146072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146072.
Fine Dissection of Human Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup HV Lineages Reveals Paleolithic Signatures from European Glacial Refugia. De Fanti S, Barbieri C, Sarno S, Sevini F, Vianello D, Tamm E, Metspalu E, van Oven M, Hübner A, Sazzini M, Franceschi C, Pettener D, Luiselli D. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 7;10(12):e0144391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144391.
Inferring the genetic history of lactase persistence along the Italian peninsula from a large genomic interval surrounding the LCT gene. De Fanti S, Sazzini M, Giuliani C, Frazzoni F, Sarno S, Boattini A, Marasco E, Mantovani V, Franceschi C, Moral P, Garagnani P, Luiselli D. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2015 Dec;158(4):708-18. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22814.
Decreased epigenetic age of PBMCs from Italian semi-supercentenarians and their offspring. Horvath S, Pirazzini C, Bacalini MG, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Delledonne M, Mari D, Arosio B, Monti D, Passarino G, De Rango F, D'Aquila P, Giuliani C, Marasco E, Collino S, Descombes P, Garagnani P, Franceschi C. Aging (Albany NY). 2015 Dec;7(12):1159-70.
Tracing Behçet's disease origins along the Silk Road: an anthropological evolutionary genetics perspective. Sazzini M, Garagnani P, Sarno S, De Fanti S, Lazzano T, Yang Yao D, Boattini A, Pazzola G, Maramotti S, Boiardi L, Franceschi C, Salvarani C, Luiselli D. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Nov-Dec;33(6 Suppl 94):S60-6.
Statistical strategies and stochastic predictive models for the MARK-AGE data. Giampieri E, Remondini D, Bacalini MG, Garagnani P, Pirazzini C, Yani SL, Giuliani C, Menichetti G, Zironi I, Sala C, Capri M, Franceschi C, Bürkle A, Castellani G. Mech Ageing Dev. 2015 Nov;151:45-53. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2015.07.001.
POPULATION GENETICS. Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans. Raghavan M, Steinrücken M, Harris K, Schiffels S, Rasmussen S, DeGiorgio M, Albrechtsen A, Valdiosera C, Ávila-Arcos MC, Malaspinas AS, Eriksson A, Moltke I, Metspalu M, Homburger JR, Wall J, Cornejo OE, Moreno-Mayar JV, Korneliussen TS, Pierre T, Rasmussen M, Campos PF, Damgaard Pde B, Allentoft ME, Lindo J, Metspalu E, Rodríguez-Varela R, Mansilla J, Henrickson C, Seguin-Orlando A, Malmström H, Stafford T Jr, Shringarpure SS, Moreno-Estrada A, Karmin M, Tambets K, Bergström A, Xue Y, Warmuth V, Friend AD, Singarayer J, Valdes P, Balloux F, Leboreiro I, Vera JL, Rangel-Villalobos H, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Davis LG, Heyer E, Zollikofer CP, Ponce de León MS, Smith CI, Grimes V, Pike KA, Deal M, Fuller BT, Arriaza B, Standen V, Luz MF, Ricaut F, Guidon N, Osipova L, Voevoda MI, Posukh OL, Balanovsky O, Lavryashina M, Bogunov Y, Khusnutdinova E, Gubina M, Balanovska E, Fedorova S, Litvinov S, Malyarchuk B, Derenko M, Mosher MJ, Archer D, Cybulski J, Petzelt B, Mitchell J, Worl R, Norman PJ, Parham P, Kemp BM, Kivisild T, Tyler-Smith C, Sandhu MS, Crawford M, Villems R, Smith DG, Waters MR, Goebel T, Johnson JR, Malhi RS, Jakobsson M, Meltzer DJ, Manica A, Durbin R, Bustamante CD, Song YS, Nielsen R, Willerslev E. Science. 2015 Aug 21;349(6250):aab3884. doi: 10.1126/science.aab3884.
Tracing the route of modern humans out of Africa by using 225 human genome sequences from Ethiopians and Egyptians. Pagani L, Schiffels S, Gurdasani D, Danecek P, Scally A, Chen Y, Xue Y, Haber M, Ekong R, Oljira T, Mekonnen E, Luiselli D, Bradman N, Bekele E, Zalloua P, Durbin R, Kivisild T, Tyler-Smith C. Am J Hum Genet. 2015 Jun 4;96(6):986-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.04.019.
Accelerated epigenetic aging in Down syndrome. Horvath S, Garagnani P, Bacalini MG, Pirazzini C, Salvioli S, Gentilini D, Di Blasio AM, Giuliani C, Tung S, Vinters HV, Franceschi C. Aging Cell. 2015 Jun;14(3):491-5. doi: 10.1111/acel.12325.
Expanding X-chromosomal forensic haplotype frequencies database: Italian population data of four linkage groups. Bini C, Riccardi LN, Ceccardi S, Carano F, Sarno S, Luiselli D, Pelotti S. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2015 Mar;15:127-30. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.11.008.
Helena, the hidden beauty: Resolving the most common West Eurasian mtDNA control region haplotype by massively parallel sequencing an Italian population sample. Bodner M, Iuvaro A, Strobl C, Nagl S, Huber G, Pelotti S, Pettener D, Luiselli D, Parson W. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2015 Mar;15:21-6. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.09.012.
A meta-analysis on age-associated changes in blood DNA methylation: results from an original analysis pipeline for Infinium 450k data. Bacalini MG, Boattini A, Gentilini D, Giampieri E, Pirazzini C, Giuliani C, Fontanesi E, Remondini D, Capri M, Del Rio A, Luiselli D, Vitale G, Mari D, Castellani G, Di Blasio AM, Salvioli S, Franceschi C, Garagnani P. Aging (Albany NY). 2015 Feb;7(2):97-109. Erratum in: Aging (Albany NY). 2016 Apr;8(4):831.
Identification of a DNA methylation signature in blood cells from persons with Down Syndrome. Bacalini MG, Gentilini D, Boattini A, Giampieri E, Pirazzini C, Giuliani C, Fontanesi E, Scurti M, Remondini D, Capri M, Cocchi G, Ghezzo A, Del Rio A, Luiselli D, Vitale G, Mari D, Castellani G, Fraga M, Di Blasio AM, Salvioli S, Franceschi C, Garagnani P. Aging (Albany NY). 2015 Feb;7(2):82-96.
Mitochondrial DNA analysis and numerical chromosome condition in human oocytes and polar bodies. Gianaroli L, Luiselli D, Crivello AM, Lang M, Ferraretti AP, De Fanti S, Magli MC, Romeo G. Mol Hum Reprod. 2015 Jan;21(1):46-57. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gau092.
The epigenetic side of human adaptation: hypotheses, evidences and theories. Giuliani C, Bacalini MG, Sazzini M, Pirazzini C, Franceschi C, Garagnani P, Luiselli D. Ann Hum Biol. 2015 Jan;42(1):1-9. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2014.961960. Review.
2014
Between Andes and Amazon: the genetic profile of the Arawak-speaking Yanesha. Barbieri C, Heggarty P, Yang Yao D, Ferri G, De Fanti S, Sarno S, Ciani G, Boattini A, Luiselli D, Pettener D. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2014 Dec;155(4):600-9. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22616.
A mitochondrial haplogroup is associated with decreased longevity in a historic new world population. Castri L, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Melendez-Obando M, Villegas-Palma R, Barrantes R, Madrigal L. Hum Biol. 2014 Fall;86(4):251-9.
From lifetime to evolution: timescales of human gut microbiota adaptation. Quercia S, Candela M, Giuliani C, Turroni S, Luiselli D, Rampelli S, Brigidi P, Franceschi C, Bacalini MG, Garagnani P, Pirazzini C. Front Microbiol. 2014 Nov 4;5:587. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00587. Review.
Genetic variation in taste receptor pseudogenes provides evidence for a dynamic role in human evolution. Risso D, Tofanelli S, Morini G, Luiselli D, Drayna D. BMC Evol Biol. 2014 Sep 13;14:198. doi: 10.1186/s12862-014-0198-8.
mtDNA mutations in human aging and longevity: controversies and new perspectives opened by high-throughput technologies. Sevini F, Giuliani C, Vianello D, Giampieri E, Santoro A, Biondi F, Garagnani P, Passarino G, Luiselli D, Capri M, Franceschi C, Salvioli S. Exp Gerontol. 2014 Aug;56:234-44. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.03.022. Review.
Mitogenomes of polar bodies and corresponding oocytes. Gianaroli L, Luiselli D, Crivello AM, Lang M, Ferraretti AP, De Fanti S, Magli MC, Romeo G. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 17;9(7):e102182. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102182. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2014;9(10):e112000.
Transmission from centenarians to their offspring of mtDNA heteroplasmy revealed by ultra-deep sequencing. Giuliani C, Barbieri C, Li M, Bucci L, Monti D, Passarino G, Luiselli D, Franceschi C, Stoneking M, Garagnani P. Aging (Albany NY). 2014 Jun;6(6):454-67.
Increased efficiency in geographic ancestry assignment and human identification by combining lineage profiles: The case of the Iranians. Tofanelli S, Bertoncini S, Farjadian S, Ghaderi A, Ferri G, Romeo G, Luiselli D. Am J Hum Biol. 2014 May-Jun;26(3):413-6. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22511.
The nucleolar size is associated to the methylation status of ribosomal DNA in breast carcinomas. Bacalini MG, Pacilli A, Giuliani C, Penzo M, Treré D, Pirazzini C, Salvioli S, Franceschi C, Montanaro L, Garagnani P. BMC Cancer. 2014 May 22;14:361. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-361.
Genetic signature of differential sensitivity to stevioside in the Italian population. Risso D, Morini G, Pagani L, Quagliariello A, Giuliani C, De Fanti S, Sazzini M, Luiselli D, Tofanelli S. Genes Nutr. 2014 May;9(3):401. doi: 10.1007/s12263-014-0401-y.
Present and future of anti-ageing epigenetic diets. Bacalini MG, Friso S, Olivieri F, Pirazzini C, Giuliani C, Capri M, Santoro A, Franceschi C, Garagnani P. Mech Ageing Dev. 2014 Mar-Apr;136-137:101-15. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2013.12.006. Review.
Searching for signatures of cold adaptations in modern and archaic humans: hints from the brown adipose tissue genes. Sazzini M, Schiavo G, De Fanti S, Martelli PL, Casadio R, Luiselli D. Heredity (Edinb). 2014 Sep;113(3):259-67. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2014.24.
Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers. Schnorr SL, Candela M, Rampelli S, Centanni M, Consolandi C, Basaglia G, Turroni S, Biagi E, Peano C, Severgnini M, Fiori J, Gotti R, De Bellis G, Luiselli D, Brigidi P, Mabulla A, Marlowe F, Henry AG, Crittenden AN. Nat Commun. 2014 Apr 15;5:3654. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4654.
An ancient Mediterranean melting pot: investigating the uniparental genetic structure and population history of sicily and southern Italy. Sarno S, Boattini A, Carta M, Ferri G, Alù M, Yao DY, Ciani G, Pettener D, Luiselli D. PLoS One. 2014 Apr 30;9(4):e96074. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096074.
Genomic analysis of the blood attributed to Louis XVI (1754-1793), king of France. Olalde I, Sánchez-Quinto F, Datta D, Marigorta UM, Chiang CW, Rodríguez JA, Fernández-Callejo M, González I, Montfort M, Matas-Lalueza L, Civit S, Luiselli D, Charlier P, Pettener D, Ramírez O, Navarro A, Himmelbauer H, Marquès-Bonet T, Lalueza-Fox C. Sci Rep. 2014 Apr 24;4:4666. doi: 10.1038/srep04666.
Linguistic, geographic and genetic isolation: a collaborative study of Italian populations. Capocasa M, Anagnostou P, Bachis V, Battaggia C, Bertoncini S, Biondi G, Boattini A, Boschi I, Brisighelli F, Caló CM, Carta M, Coia V, Corrias L, Crivellaro F, De Fanti S, Dominici V, Ferri G, Francalacci P, Franceschi ZA, Luiselli D, Morelli L, Paoli G, Rickards O, Robledo R, Sanna D, Sanna E, Sarno S, Sineo L, Taglioli L, Tagarelli G, Tofanelli S, Vona G, Pettener D, Destro Bisol G. J Anthropol Sci. 2014;92:201-31. doi: 10.4436/JASS.92001.
The three genetics (nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and gut microbiome) of longevity in humans considered as metaorganisms. Garagnani P, Pirazzini C, Giuliani C, Candela M, Brigidi P, Sevini F, Luiselli D, Bacalini MG, Salvioli S, Capri M, Monti D, Mari D, Collino S, Delledonne M, Descombes P, Franceschi C. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:560340. doi: 10.1155/2014/560340. Review.
Open data, Science and Society: launching Oasis, the flagship initiative of the Istituto Italiano di Antropologia. Destro Bisol G, Anagnostou P, Bruner E, Capocasa M, Canali S, Danubio ME, di Vincenzo F, Fantini B, Greco P, Moggi Cecchi J, Parenti F, Pavanello M, Pettener D, Pievani T, Saracino B, Rufo F, Sanna E, Vargiu R, Vona G. J Anthropol Sci. 2014;92:I-IV. doi: 10.4436/JASS.92016.
The Mediterranean human population: an Anthropological Genetics perspective. Sazzini M, Sarno S, Luiselli D. In “The Mediterranean Sea: Its History and Present Challenges” Goffredo S and Dubinsky Z (Eds.) 2014; pp. 529-551, Ed. Springer, Berlin, Germany.