List of works - Maria Pala

Distinctive Paleo-Indian migration routes from Beringia marked by two rare mtDNA haplogroups

scientific article

The mtDNA legacy of the Levantine early Upper Palaeolithic in Africa

scientific article

Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle

Saami and Berbers--an unexpected mitochondrial DNA link

scientific article

Haplogroup effects and recombination of mitochondrial DNA: novel clues from the analysis of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy pedigrees.

scientific article

Mitochondrial DNA background modulates the assembly kinetics of OXPHOS complexes in a cellular model of mitochondrial disease.

scientific article published on 19 September 2008

Mitochondrial DNA signals of late glacial recolonization of Europe from near eastern refugia

scientific article

The initial peopling of the Americas: a growing number of founding mitochondrial genomes from Beringia

scientific article

Y-chromosomal evidence of the cultural diffusion of agriculture in Southeast Europe

scientific article

The multifaceted origin of taurine cattle reflected by the mitochondrial genome

scientific article (publication date: June 2009)

Mitochondrial DNA variation of modern Tuscans supports the near eastern origin of Etruscans

scientific article

The complex and diversified mitochondrial gene pool of Berber populations

scientific article

A substantial prehistoric European ancestry amongst Ashkenazi maternal lineages

scientific article

Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): a reservoir of genetic variation

scientific article

Mitochondrial haplogroup U5b3: a distant echo of the epipaleolithic in Italy and the legacy of the early Sardinians

scientific article

The background of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup J increases the sensitivity of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy cells to 2,5-hexanedione toxicity

scientific article

Mitochondrial DNA backgrounds might modulate diabetes complications rather than T2DM as a whole

scientific article published in 2011

Rare mtDNA variants in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy families with recurrence of myoclonus.

scientific article published on 23 January 2008

Molecular barcoding and phylogeography of sexual and asexual freshwater planarians of the genus Dugesia in the Western Mediterranean (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae)

scientific article (publication date: September 2009)

Rare primary mitochondrial DNA mutations and probable synergistic variants in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

scientific article

Mitogenomes from two uncommon haplogroups mark late glacial/postglacial expansions from the near east and neolithic dispersals within Europe

scientific article

In search of the genetic footprints of Sumerians: a survey of Y-chromosome and mtDNA variation in the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

scientific article

Bulgarians vs the other European populations: a mitochondrial DNA perspective

Schmidtea mediterranea phylogeography: an old species surviving on a few Mediterranean islands?

scientific article (publication date: 26 September 2011)

A novel in-frame 18-bp microdeletion in MT-CYB causes a multisystem disorder with prominent exercise intolerance

scientific article published on 28 June 2014

Variations at the H-strand replication origins of mitochondrial DNA and mitochondrial DNA content in the blood of type 2 diabetes patients

Cybrid studies establish the causal link between the mtDNA m.3890G>A/MT-ND1 mutation and optic atrophy with bilateral brainstem lesions

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

Y-chromosomal evidence of the cultural diffusion of agriculture in southeast Europe

scientific article (publication date: June 2009)

Mendelian breeding units versus standard sampling strategies: Mitochondrial DNA variation in southwest Sardinia.

scientific article published on April 2011

Purifying Selection of mtDNA and the Shape of Human Evolution

scientific article published on 01 November 2015

The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool

scientific article published on 21 September 2022

West African ancestry in seventh-century England: two individuals from Kent and Dorset

scientific article published on 13 August 2025

List of works by Maria Pala

Distinctive Paleo-Indian migration routes from Beringia marked by two rare mtDNA haplogroups

The mtDNA legacy of the Levantine early Upper Palaeolithic in Africa

Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle

Saami and Berbers--an unexpected mitochondrial DNA link

Haplogroup effects and recombination of mitochondrial DNA: novel clues from the analysis of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy pedigrees.

Mitochondrial DNA background modulates the assembly kinetics of OXPHOS complexes in a cellular model of mitochondrial disease.

Mitochondrial DNA signals of late glacial recolonization of Europe from near eastern refugia

The initial peopling of the Americas: a growing number of founding mitochondrial genomes from Beringia

Y-chromosomal evidence of the cultural diffusion of agriculture in Southeast Europe

The multifaceted origin of taurine cattle reflected by the mitochondrial genome

Mitochondrial DNA variation of modern Tuscans supports the near eastern origin of Etruscans

The complex and diversified mitochondrial gene pool of Berber populations

A substantial prehistoric European ancestry amongst Ashkenazi maternal lineages

Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): a reservoir of genetic variation

Mitochondrial haplogroup U5b3: a distant echo of the epipaleolithic in Italy and the legacy of the early Sardinians

The background of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup J increases the sensitivity of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy cells to 2,5-hexanedione toxicity

Mitochondrial DNA backgrounds might modulate diabetes complications rather than T2DM as a whole

Rare mtDNA variants in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy families with recurrence of myoclonus.

Molecular barcoding and phylogeography of sexual and asexual freshwater planarians of the genus Dugesia in the Western Mediterranean (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae)

Rare primary mitochondrial DNA mutations and probable synergistic variants in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Mitogenomes from two uncommon haplogroups mark late glacial/postglacial expansions from the near east and neolithic dispersals within Europe

In search of the genetic footprints of Sumerians: a survey of Y-chromosome and mtDNA variation in the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

Bulgarians vs the other European populations: a mitochondrial DNA perspective

Schmidtea mediterranea phylogeography: an old species surviving on a few Mediterranean islands?

A novel in-frame 18-bp microdeletion in MT-CYB causes a multisystem disorder with prominent exercise intolerance

Variations at the H-strand replication origins of mitochondrial DNA and mitochondrial DNA content in the blood of type 2 diabetes patients

Cybrid studies establish the causal link between the mtDNA m.3890G>A/MT-ND1 mutation and optic atrophy with bilateral brainstem lesions

Y-chromosomal evidence of the cultural diffusion of agriculture in southeast Europe

Mendelian breeding units versus standard sampling strategies: Mitochondrial DNA variation in southwest Sardinia.

Purifying Selection of mtDNA and the Shape of Human Evolution

The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool

West African ancestry in seventh-century England: two individuals from Kent and Dorset