Selected publications
Barbujani
G., Pigliucci M. (2013) Human races. Current
Biology 23:R185
Ghirotto
S., Tassi F., Fumagalli E., Colonna V., Sandionigi A., Lari M., Vai S., Petiti
E., Corti G., Rizzi E., De Bellis G., Caramelli D. and Barbujani G. (2013)
Origins and evolution of the Etruscans’ mtDNA. PLoS ONE 8:e55519.
Ghirotto S., Tassi F.,
Benazzo A. and Barbujani G. (2011) No evidence of Neandertal admixture in the
mitochondrial genomes of early European modern humans and contemporary
Europeans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 146:242–252
Ghirotto S.,
Penso-Dolfin L. and Barbujani G. (2011) Genomic evidence for an African
expansion of anatomically-modern humans by a Southern route. Human Biology 83:477-489.
Barbujani G. and Colonna V. (2010) Human genome diversity: Frequently
asked questions. Trends in Genetics 26:285–295
Ghirotto S., Mona S., Benazzo A., Paparazzo F., Caramelli
D., Barbujani G. (2010) Inferring genealogical processes from patterns of
Bronze–age and modern DNA variation in Sardinia. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27:775–786
Guimaraes
S., Ghirotto S., Benazzo A., Milani L., Lari M., Pilli E., Pecchioli E., Mallegni F., Lippi B., Bertoldi F., Gelichi
S., Casoli A., Belle E.M.S., Caramelli D., Barbujani G. (2009) Genealogical
discontinuities among Etruscan, Medieval and contemporary Tuscans. Molecular
Biology and Evolution 26:2157-2166.
Belle E.M.S., Benazzo A., Ghirotto S., Colonna V.
and Barbujani G. (2009) Comparing models on the genealogical relationships among Neandertal, Cro-Magnoid and modern Europeans
by Serial Coalescent simulations. Heredity
102:218-225.
Caramelli
D., Milani L., Vai S., Modi A., Pecchioli E., Girardi M., Pilli E., Lari M.,
Lippi B., Ronchitelli A., Mallegni F., Casoli A., Bertorelle G., Barbujani G.
(2008) A 28,000 years old Cro-Magnon mtDNA sequence differs from all
potentially contaminating modern sequences. PLoS
ONE 3:e2700.
Caramelli D., Vernesi C., Sanna S., Sampietro L.,
Lari M., Castrì L., Vona G., Floris R., Francalacci P., Tykot
R., Casoli A., Bertranpetit J., Lalueza-Fox C., Bertorelle G., Barbujani
G. (2007) Genetic variation in prehistoric Sardinia. Human Genetics 122:327-336.
Belle E.M.S. and Barbujani G. (2007) A worldwide
analysis of multiple microsatellites suggests that language diversity
has a detectable influence on DNA diversity. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology 133:1137-1146.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 133.pdf [1.677,9 KB]
Caramelli D., Lalueza-Fox C., Capelli C., Lari M.,
Sampietro M.L., Gigli E., Milani L., Pilli E., Guimaraes S., Chiarelli
B., Terribile Wien Marin V., Casoli A., Stanyon R., Bertranpetit
J., Barbujani G. (2007) Genetic analysis of the skeletal remains
attributed to Francesco Petrarca. Forensic Science International
073:36-40.
Sistonen J., Sajantila A., Lao O., Corander J.,
Barbujani G. and Fuselli S. (2007) CYP2D6 worldwide genetic variation
shows high frequency of altered activity variants and no continental
structure. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 17:93-101.
Fraumene C., Belle E.M.S., Castrì L., Sanna
S., Mancosu G., Cosso M., Marras F, Barbujani G. and Pirastu M.
(2006) High resolution analysis and phylogenetic network construction
using complete mtDNA sequences in Sardinian genetic isolates. Molecular
Biology and Evolution 23:2101-2111.
Caramelli D., Lalueza-Fox C., Condemi S., Longo
L., Milani L., Manfredini A., de Saint Pierre M., Adoni F., Lari
M, Giunti P., Ricci S., Casoli A., Calafell F., Mallegni F., Bertranpetit
J., Stanyon R., Bertorelle G., Barbujani G. (2006) A highly divergent
mtDNA sequence in a Neandertal individual from Italy. Current Biology
16:R630-R632.
Belle E.M.S., Ramakrishnan U., Mountain J. and Barbujani
G. (2006) Serial coalescent simulations suggest a weak genealogical
relationship between Etruscans and modern Tuscans. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences USA 103:8012-8017.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103.pdf [754,4 KB]
Beja-Pereira A., Caramelli D., Lalueza Fox C., Vernesi
C., Ferrand N., Sampietro L., Casoli A., Goyache F., Royo L.J.,
Conti S., Lari M., Martini A., Ouragh L., Magid A., Atash A., Boscato
P., Triantaphylidis C., Ploumi K., Sineo L., Mallegni P., Taberlet
P., Erhardt G., Bertranpetit J., Barbujani G., Luikart G., Bertorelle
G. (2006) Genetic evidence for multiple origins of European cattle
in Near-East, Africa, and Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences USA 103:8113-8118.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103.pdf [754,4 KB]
Barbujani G. and Chikhi L. (2006) DNAs from the
European Neolithic. Heredity 97:84-85.
Belle E.M.S., Landry P-A. and Barbujani G. (2006)
Origins and evolution of the Europeans'genome: Evidence from multiple
microsatellite loci. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:1595-1602.
Barbujani G. and Belle E.M.S. (2006) Genomic boundaries between human populations. Human Heredity 61:15-21.
Barbujani G. (2005) Human races: Classifying people vs. understanding
diversity. Current Genomics 4:215-226.
Di Giacomo F, Luca F, Popa LO, Akar N, Anagnou N, Banyko J, Brdicka
R, Barbujani G, Papola F, Ciavarella G, Cucci F, Di Stasi L, Gavrila
L, Kerimova MG, Kovatchev D, Kozlov AI, Loutradis A, Mandarino V,
Mammi' C, Michalodimitrakis EN, Paoli G, Pappa KI, Pedicini G, Terrenato
L, Tofanelli S, Malaspina P, Novelletto A. (2004) Y chromosomal
haplogroup J as a signature of the post-neolithic colonization of
Europe. Human Genetics 115:357-371.
Barbujani G., Vernesi C., Caramelli D., Castrì L., Lalueza-Fox C.
and Bertorelle G. (2004) Etruscan artifacts: Much ado about nothing.
American Journal of Human Genetics 75:923-927
Fuselli S., Dupanloup I., Frigato E., Cruciani F., Scozzari R.,
Moral P., Sistonen J., Sajantila A. and Barbujani G. (2004). Molecular
Diversity at the CYP2D6 Locus in the Mediterranean Region. European
Journal of Human Genetics 12:916-924.
Dupanloup I., Bertorelle G., Chikhi L. and Barbujani G. (2004) Estimating
the impact of prehistoric admixture on the Europeans’ genome. Molecular
Biology and Evolution 21:1361-1372.
Barbujani G. and Goldstein D.B. (2004) Africans and Asians abroad:
Genetic diversity in Europe. Annual Review of Genomics and Human
Genetics 5:119-150.
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 5.pdf [3.411,2 KB]
Vernesi C., Caramelli D., Dupanloup I., Bertorelle G., Lari M.,
Cappellini E., Moggi J., Chiarelli B., Castrì L., Casoli A., Mallegni
F., Lalueza-Fox C. and Barbujani G. (2004). The Etruscans: A population-genetic
study. American Journal of Human Genetics 74:694-704.
Barbujani G., Bertorelle G. (2003) Were Cro-Magnons too like us
for DNA to tell? Nature 424:127.
Dupanloup I., Pereira L., Bertorelle G., Calafell F., Prata M.J.,
Amorim A. and Barbujani G. (2003) A recent shift from polygyny to
monogamy in humans is suggested by the analysis of worldwide Y-chromosome
diversity. Journal of Molecular Evolution 57:85-97.
Caramelli D., Lalueza-Fox C., Vernesi C., Lari M., Casoli A., Mallegni
F., Chiarelli B., Dupanloup I., Bertranpetit J., Barbujani G., Bertorelle
G. (2003) Evidence for a genetic discontinuity between Neandertals
and 24,000-year-old anatomically modern Europeans. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100:6593-6597.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100.pdf [111,0 KB]
Vernesi C., Fuselli S., Castrì L., Bertorelle G. and Barbujani G.
(2002) Mitochondrial Diversity in Linguistic Isolates of the Alps:
A Reappraisal. Human Biology 74:725-730.
Chikhi L., Nichols R.A., Barbujani G., Beaumont M.A. (2002) Y genetic
data support the Neolithic Demic Diffusion Model. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99:10008-10013.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99.pdf [150,6 KB]
Romualdi C., Balding D., Nasidze I.S., Risch G., Robichaux M., Sherry
S., Stoneking M., Batzer M. and Barbujani G. (2002) Patterns of
human diversity, within and among continents, inferred from biallelic
DNA polymorphisms. Genome Research 12:602-612.
Vernesi C., Di Benedetto G., Caramelli D., Secchieri E., Katti E.,
Malaspina P., Novelletto A., Terribile Wiel Marin A. and Barbujani
G. (2001) Genetic characterization of the body attributed to the
evangelist Luke. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USA 98:13460-13463.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA_98.pdf [168,7 KB]
Pereira L., Dupanloup I., Rosser Z., Jobling M. and Barbujani G.
(2001) Y-chromosome mismatch distributions in Europe. Molecular
Biology and Evolution 18:1259-1271.
Di Benedetto G., Erguven A., Stenico M., Castrì L., Bertorelle G.,
Togan I. and Barbujani G. (2001) DNA diversity and population admixture
in Anatolia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 124:144-156.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 124.pdf [242,8 KB]
Barbujani G. and Bertorelle G. (2001) Genetics and the population
history of Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USA 98:22-25.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98.pdf [161,0 KB]
Rosser Z.H., Zerjal T., Hurles M.E., Adojaan M., Alavantic D., Amorim
A., Amos W., Armenteros M., Arroyo E., Barbujani G., et al. (2000)
Y-chromosomal diversity within Europe is clinal and influenced primarily
by geography rather than language. American Journal of Human
Genetics 67:1526-1543.
Di Benedetto G., Nasidze I.S., Stenico M., Nigro L., Krings M.,
Lanzinger M., Vigilant L., Stoneking M., Pääbo S. and Barbujani
G. (2000) Mitochondrial DNA sequences in prehistoric human remains
from the Alps. European Journal of Human Genetics, 8:669-677.
Simoni L., Calafell F., Pettener D., Bertranpetit J. and Barbujani
G. (2000) Reconstruction of prehistory on the basis of genetic data.
American Journal of Human Genetics, 66:1177-1179.
Barbujani, G. (2000) Geographical patterns: How to identify them,
and why. Human Biology, 72:133-153.
Simoni L., Calafell F., Pettener D., Bertranpetit J. and Barbujani
G. (2000) Geographic patterns of mt DNA diversity in Europe. American
Journal of Human Genetics, 66:262-278.
Casalotti R., Simoni L., Belledi M. and Barbujani G. (1999) Y-chromosome
polymorphism and the origins of the European gene pool. Proceedings
of the Royal Society, B 266:1959-1965.
Simoni L., Gueresi P., Pettener D. and Barbujani G. (1999) Patterns
of gene flow inferred from genetic distances in the Mediterranean
region. Human Biology, 71:399-415.
Chikhi L., Destro-Bisol G., Bertorelle G., Pascali V., and Barbujani
G. (1998) Clines of nuclear DNA markers suggest a recent, Neolithic
ancestry of the European gene pool. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences USA, 95:9053-9058.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95.pdf [161,8 KB]
Chikhi L., Destro-Bisol G., Pascali V., Baravelli V., Dobosz M.,
and Barbujani G. (1998) Clinal variation in the DNA of Europeans.
Human Biology 70:643-657.
Barbujani G., Bertorelle G. and Chikhi L. (1998) Evidence for Paleolithic
and Neolithic gene flow in Europe. American Journal of Human
Genetics 62:488-491.
Stenico M., Nigro L. and Barbujani G. (1998) Mitochondrial lineages
in Ladin-speaking communities of the Eastern Alps. Proceedings
of the Royal Society B 265:1-7.
Barbujani G. (1997) DNA variation and language affinities. American
Journal of Human Genetics 61:1011-1014.
Barbujani G., Magagni A., Minch E. and Cavalli-Sforza L.L. (1997)
An apportionment of human DNA diversity. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences USA 94:4516-4519.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94.pdf [179,0 KB]
Stenico M., Nigro L., Bertorelle G., Calafell F., Capitanio M.,
Corrain C. and Barbujani G. (1996) High mitochondrial sequence diversity
in linguistic isolates of the Alps. American Journal of Human
Genetics 59:1363-1375.
Bertorelle G., Calafell F., Francalacci P., Bertranpetit J. and
Barbujani G. (1996) Geographic homogeneity and non-equilibrium patterns
of mtDNA sequences in Tuscany, Italy. Human Genetics 98:145-150.
Barbujani G., Bertorelle G., Capitani G. and Scozzari R. (1995)
Geographical structuring in the mtDNA of Italians. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 92:9171-9175.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 92.pdf [993,9 KB]
Bertorelle G., Bertranpetit J., Calafell F., Nasidze I., Barbujani
G. (1995) Do Basque- and Caucasian-speaking populations share non-Indo-European
ancestors? European Journal of Human Genetics 3:256-263.
Bertorelle G., and Barbujani G. (1995) Analysis of DNA diversity
by spatial autocorrelation. Genetics 140:811-819.
Barbujani G., Sokal R.R., and Oden N.L. (1995) Indo-European origins:
A computer-simulation test of five hypotheses. American Journal
of Physical Anthropology 96:109-132.
Rosato E., Peixoto A.A., Barbujani G., Costa R., and Kyriacou C.P.
(1994) Molecular polymorphism in the period gene of Drosophila.
Genetics 138:693-707.
Barbujani G., Whitehead G.N., Bertorelle G. and Nasidze I.S. (1994)
Testing hypotheses on genetic and linguistic differentiation in
the Caucasus. Human Biology 66:843-864.
Barbujani G., Nasidze I.S., Whitehead G.N. (1994) Genetic diversity
in the Caucasus. Human Biology, 66:639-668.
Barbujani G., Pilastro A., De Domenico S., and Renfrew C. (1994)
Genetic variation in North Africa and Eurasia: Neolithic demic diffusion
versus Paleolithic colonisation. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 95:137-154.
Barbujani G., and Pilastro A. (1993) Genetic evidence on origin
and dispersal of human populations speaking languages of the Nostratic
macrofamily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USA 90:4670-4673.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 90.pdf [824,3 KB]
Costa R., Peixoto A.A., Barbujani G., and Kyriacou C.P. (1992) A
latitudinal cline in a Drosophila clock gene. Proceedings of
the Royal Society B250:43-49.
Barbujani G. (1991) What do languages tell us about human microevolution?
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6:151-156.
Barbujani G. and Sokal R.R. (1991) Genetic population structure
of Italy. II. Physical and cultural barriers to gene flow. American
Journal of Human Genetics 48:398-411.
Barbujani G. and Sokal R.R. (1991) Genetic population structure
of Italy. I. Geographical patterns of gene frequencies. Human
Biology 63:253-271.
Barbujani G., Jacquez G.M. and Ligi L. (1990) Diversity of some
gene frequencies in European and Asian populations. V. Steep multilocus
clines. American Journal of Human Genetics 47:867-875.
Sokal R.R., Oden N.L., Legendre P., Fortin M-J., Kim J., Thomson
B.A., Vaudor A., Harding R.M. and Barbujani G. (1990) Genetics and
language in European populations. American Naturalist 135:157-175.
Barbujani G. and Sokal R.R. (1990) Zones of sharp genetic change
in Europe are also linguistic boundaries. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences USA 87:1816-1819.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 87.pdf [817,6 KB]
Barbujani G., Oden N.L., Sokal R.R. (1989) Detecting regions of
abrupt change in maps of biological variables. Systematic Zoology
38:376-389.
Barbujani G. (1988) Detecting and comparing the direction of gene-frequency
gradients. Journal of Genetics 67:129-140.
Barbujani G. (1987) Autocorrelation of gene frequencies under isolation
by distance. Genetics 117:777-782.
Book reviews
Genes, people, and languages. American Journal of Human Genetics,
67:264-266 (2000).
What it means to be 98% chimpanzee: Apes, people and their genes.
New England Journal of Medicine 347:2087 (2002).
The genome war: How Craig Venter tried to capture the secret of life
and save the world. New England Journal of Medicine 351:304
(2004).
Selected book chapters
Barbujani G. and Ghirotto S. (2010) Origins of the Tuscans. In Encyclopedia of the Human Genome. London: Nature Publishing Group.