Heterogeneity of Y chromosome markers among Brazilian amerindians

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-487

  Vallinoto, Antonio C R ^a   Cayres Vallinoto, Izaura M V ^a   Dos Santos, Andrea K C Ribeiro ^c   Zago, Marco A ^b   Santos, Sidney E B ^a   Guerreiro, João F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

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EID: 0000705755     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1999)11:4<481::AID-AJHB7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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