THE PROJECTS
BRAIN INCREASE PROJECT
The ontogenetic, phylogenetic and molecular bases of human brain evolution
Co-ordinators
Prof. Brunetto Chiarelli
Dr. Maria Giulia Fiore
Dr. Stefano Magherini
Object of the present research program (with Prof. M. RUGGIERO, staff leader) is the study of the evolution of the central nervous system of non-human and human Primates, using the genomic sequences of OTX1, OTX2, EMX1, EMX2, PHOX2a, PHOX2b, MEIS1 and MEIS genes.
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PROJECT ETRUSCANS
About a possible Anatolian origin of the Etruscans
In the region of Central Italy known as Tirrenide (Tuscany, Western Umbria and Upper Lazio), during the first millennium BC, as it is known, resided a population that for their cultural characteristics became known as Etruscans.
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