Pistis G, Piras I, Pirastu N, Persico I, Sassu A, Picciau A, Prodi D, Fraumene C, Mocci E, Manias MT, Atzeni R, Cosso M, Pirastu M, Angius A.
High Differentiation among Eight Villages in a Secluded Area of Sardinia Revealed by Genome-Wide High Density SNPs Analysis.
PLoS ONE. 2009;4(2):e4654. Epub 2009 Feb 27.
PMID: 19247500 [PubMed - in process]

Prodi DA, Pirastu N, Maninchedda G, Sassu A, Picciau A, Palmas MA, Mossa A, Persico I, Adamo M, Angius A, Pirastu M.
EDA2R Is Associated with Androgenetic Alopecia
Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2008 Sep;128(9):2268-70.Epub 2008 Apr 3

Angius, A.; Hyland, F.C.L.; Persico, I. ; Pirastu, N.; Woodage, T.; Pirastu, M.; De La Vega, F.M.
Patterns of Linkage Disequilibrium between SNPs in a Sardinian Population Isolate and the Selection of Markers for Association Studies
Hum Hered 2008;65:9-22 (DOI:10.1159/000106058)  

Fraumene C, Belle EM, Castri L, Sanna S, Mancosu G, Cosso M, Marras F, Barbujani G, Pirastu M, Angius A.
High Resolution Analysis and Phylogenetic Network Construction Using Complete mtDNA Sequences in Sardinian Genetic Isolates
Mol Biol Evol. 2006 Nov; 23 (11) :2101-11; PMID: 16901986

Gianmaria Mancosu , Massimiliano Cosso , Francesca Marras, Cesare Cappio Borlino, Giuseppe Ledda, Teresa Manias, Mauro Adamo, Donatella Serra, Paola Melis and Mario Pirastu
Browsing Isolated Population Data
BMC Bioinformatics 2005, 6 (Suppl 4):S17   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-6-S4-S17

Biino G, Palmas MA, Corona C, Prodi D, Fanciulli M, Sulis R, Serra A, Fossarello M, Pirastu M.
Ocular refraction: heritability and genome-wide search for eye morphometry traits in an isolated Sardinian population
Hum Genet. 2005 Feb;116 (3):152-9. Epub 2004 Dec 21.  PMID: 15611866

Falchi M, Forabosco P, Mocci E, Borlino CC, Picciau A, Virdis E, Persico I, Parracciani D, Angius A, Pirastu M.
A genomewide search using an original pairwise sampling approach for large genealogies identifies a new locus for total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in two genetically differentiated isolates of Sardinia
Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Dec;75(6):1015-31. Epub 2004 Oct 11. PMID 15478097

Prodi DA, Drayna D, Forabosco P, Palmas MA, Maestrale GB, Piras D, Pirastu M, Angius A.
Bitter taste study in a sardinian genetic isolate supports the association of phenylthiocarbamide sensitivity to the TAS2R38 bitter receptor gene
Chem Senses. 2004, Oct.29(8): 697-702  PMID 15466815

Gianfrancesco F, Esposito T, Casu G, Maninchedda G, Roberto R, Pirastu M.
Emergence of Talanin protein associated with human uric acid nephrolithiasis in the Hominidae lineage
Gene. 2004 Sep 15;339:131-8.    PMID: 15363853

Tenesa A, Wright AF, Knott SA, Carothers AD, Hayward C, Angius A, Persico I, Maestrale G, Hastie ND, Pirastu M, Visscher PM.
Extent of linkage disequilibrium in a Sardinian sub-isolate: sampling and methodological considerations
Hum Mol Genet. 2004 Jan 1;13(1):25-33. Epub 2003 Nov 12

Fraumene C, Petretto E, Angius A, Pirastu M.
Striking differentiation of sub-populations within a genetically homogeneous isolate (Ogliastra) in Sardinia as revealed by mtDNA analysis
Hum Genet. 2003 Dec;114(1):1-10. Epub 2003 Sep 16. PMID: 13680359

Ombra MN, Casula S, Biino G, Maestrale G, Cardia F, Melis P, Pirastu M.
Urinary glycosaminoglycans as risk factors for uric acid nephrolithiasis: case control study in a Sardinian genetic isolate
Urology. 2003 Sep;62(3):416-20. PMID: 12946738

Gianfrancesco F, Esposito T, Ombra MN, Forabosco P, Maninchedda G, Fattorini M, Casula S, Vaccargiu S, Casu G, Cardia F, Deiana I, Melis P, Falchi M, Pirastu M.
Identification of a novel gene and a common variant associated with uric acid nephrolithiasis in a Sardinian genetic isolate
Am J Hum Genet. 2003 Jun;72(6):1479-91. Epub 2003 May 09. PMID:12740763

Mancosu G, Ledda G, Melis PM.
PedNavigator: a pedigree drawing servlet for large and inbred populations
Bioinformatics. 2003 Mar 22;19(5):669-70.  PMID: 12651733

Angius A, Petretto E, Maestrale GB, Forabosco P, Casu G, Piras D, Fanciulli M, Falchi M, Melis PM, Palermo M, Pirastu M.
A new essential hypertension susceptibility locus on chromosome 2p24-p25, detected by genomewide search
Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Oct;71(4):893-905. Epub 2002 Sep 12.
PMID: 12228842

Angius A, Bebbere D, Petretto E, Falchi M, Forabosco P, Maestrale B, Casu G, Persico I, Melis PM, Pirastu M.
Not all  isolates are equal: linkage disequilibrium analysis on Xq13.3 reveals different patterns in Sardinian sub-populations
Hum Genet. 2002 Jul;111(1):9-15. Epub 2002 Jun 18.
PMID: 12136230

Angius A, Melis PM, Morelli L, Petretto E, Casu G, Maestrale GB, Fraumene C, Bebbere D, Forabosco P, Pirastu M.
Archival, demographic and genetic studies define a Sardinian sub-isolate as a suitable model for mapping complex traits
Hum Genet. 2001 Aug;109(2):198-209. PMID: 11511926 

Ombra MN, Forabosco P, Casula S, Angius A, Maestrale G, Petretto E, Casu G, Colussi G, Usai E, Melis P, Pirastu M.
Identification of a new candidate locus for uric acid nephrolithiasis
Am J Hum Genet. 2001 May;68(5):1119-29. Epub 2001 Apr 17.
PMID: 11309680

Wright AF, Carothers AD, Pirastu M.
Population choice in mapping genes for complex diseases
Nat Genet. 1999 Dec;23(4):397-404. Review. PMID: 10581024