This work proves that direct analysis of the DNA of ancient samples is a unique and valuable tool for check- ing the conclusions based on genetic analysis of modern populations. In light of our results concerning mtDNA variation in prehistoric Basques, we consider Torroni et al.'s (1998) ...
Basque cluster and closest to the population of Guipuzcoa, which plots closer to Ireland than to any of the other Basque populations. Overall, the results support the notion that during the Bronze Age a dispersal of individuals carrying the R-S116 mutation reached the Basque Country replacing the...
3. Results In this study, we have analyzed 835 CRC cases and 940 population-based controls (Table 1). In the cases and the controls, around two-thirds of the individuals were males (63.47% and 67.13%, respectively), and cases were older (average age, 73.54) than the controls (average ...